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Tarirotari Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Present Perfect vs Past Perfect?
Hi, here's my doubt,
Imagine you go to a museum with your son, and he is suddenly amazed by something he's just seen. Just then you say to your son:
"You had never seen anything like that before, had you?"
My question is, could you utter the same sentence in the same context but using present perfect instead of past perfect?
"You have never seen anything like that before, have you?"
Thanks
Imagine you go to a museum with your son, and he is suddenly amazed by something he's just seen. Just then you say to your son:
"You had never seen anything like that before, had you?"
My question is, could you utter the same sentence in the same context but using present perfect instead of past perfect?
"You have never seen anything like that before, have you?"
Thanks
Top answer
" Actually, the present perfect is better. It is an action that happened in the past, but is of present time interest.
- " Actually, the present perfect is better.
- It is an action that happened in the past, but is of present time interest.
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tarirotari"You have never seen anything like that before, have you?"Actually, the present perfect is better. It is an action that happened in the past, but is of present time interest.
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Hi,
Yes. And the Present Perfect is a much more natural choice.
The Past Perfect sounds like you are speaking with excessive precision.
Clive
Yes. And the Present Perfect is a much more natural choice.
The Past Perfect sounds like you are speaking with excessive precision.
Clive
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