Present perfect / Past simple
Hi guys,
Can anyone shed light on the following examples:
It has been more than five years since I ate meat
I'm wondering about this one as my intuition tells me that both should be Present perfect, but in the exercise answers, it states Pres. Perf + Past simple. Ideas?
Can the sentence She rarely gets to see him be equivalent to She rarely sees him?
I think yes, just double-cheking
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Lara Nilsson It has been more than five years since I ate meat I'm wondering about this one as my intuition tells me that both should be Present perfect That is a common error among native speakers. The last time you ate meat was a point of time in the past. Therefore: It has been more than five years since I ate meat.
- Lara Nilsson It has been more than five years since I ate meat I'm wondering about this one as my intuition tells me that both should be Present perfect That is a common error among native speakers.
- The last time you ate meat was a point of time in the past.
- Therefore: It has been more than five years since I ate meat.
- Lara Nilsson Can the sentence She rarely gets to see him be equivalent to She rarely sees him?
- In effect, yes.
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Lara NilssonIt has been more than five years since I ate meat I'm wondering about this one as my intuition tells me that both should be Present perfect
That is a common error among native speakers. The last time you ate meat was a point of time in the past. Therefore: It has been more than five years since I ate meat
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