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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Present Perfect or Past Simple?!

Did anyone call from the dean's office?
Has anyone called from the dean's office?
  

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Both are possible. We tend to prefer the present perfect in BrE,

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  • Both are possible.
  • We tend to prefer the present perfect in BrE,
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Both are possible. We tend to prefer the present perfect in BrE,
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Anonymous Did anyone call from the dean's office? Has anyone called from the dean's office?
If I were just curious if any calls had come in, I'd use the first one.
If I were expecting a certain call, I'd use the second one.

I speak AmE .

CJ
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