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Magda Posted 19 years ago
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00Is it possible to use in Present Perfect such time expressions as: "last week/last Monday"?02br
01i00"I have seen her last week"02br
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0 I think that'd be wrong. It should be "I saw her last week" but, I'm not a native, so I'm not 100% sure but almost ^^0-

  • 0 I think that'd be wrong.
  • It should be "I saw her last week" but, I'm not a native, so I'm not 100% sure but almost ^^0-
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0 I think that'd be wrong. It should be "I saw her last week" but, I'm not a native, so I'm not 100% sure but almost ^^0-
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0 With a clear indication of time, it's not recommended.02br
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00Present Perfect let's you put an emphasis on the (present) result (or experience) of a past action. By indicating time you sort of emphasize the action itself rather than its result.02br
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00«You have done your best at your time» (not an explicit
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01cite10Magda12cite10Hello,12br
10Is it possible to use in Present Perfect such time expressions as: "last week/last Monday"?12br
11i10"I have seen her last week"12br
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10Thank you.12br
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0 «When time (in this case 'last week') is mentioned, the verb that follows should be in the simple past tense.»02br
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00Yoong, aren't you confusing people by that?02br
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00What about "I am flying to Paris tomorrow?" or02br
00"I knew I had returned home at six."? 0-
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01cite10Ant_22212cite10«When time (in this case 'last week') is mentioned, the verb that follows should be in the simple past tense.» Yoong, aren't you confusing people by that? What about "I am flying to Paris tomorrow?" or "I knew I had returned home at six."?12blockquote
10Is it possible to use in Present Perfect s
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0Thank you guys for the comment. The problem is that I am quite aware how to use Present Perfect, however yesterday my English teacher said that PP+last week is possible in a certain context 05000.010id3
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite11blockquote
11cite20Ant_22222cite20«When time (in this case 'last week') is mentioned, the verb that follows should be in the simple past tense.» Yoong, aren't you confusing people by that? What about "I am flying to Paris tomorrow?" or "I knew I had returned home at six."?
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01cite10Magda12cite11blockquote
11cite20Yoong Liat22cite21blockquote
21cite30Ant_22232cite30«When time (in this case 'last week') is mentioned, the verb that follows should be in the simple past tense.» Yoong, aren't you confusing people by that? What about "
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0I am flying to Paris tomorrow? (This sentence is in the future continuous tense.) 02br
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01i01b00You're right. I believe you can see the difference between the above sentence and the sentence you posted02b02i00.02br
00Yoong Liat, what difference should I see? I don't understand.0-
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10I am flying to Paris tomorrow? (This sentence is in the future continuous tense.) 12br
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11i11b10You're right. I believe you can see the difference between the above sentence and the sentence you posted12b12i10.12br
10Yoong Liat, what d

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