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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Present perfect vs Past simple tense?
I have learned well the usage of 2 tenses above, but sometimes i was still confused between them. IIRC for unspecific time, we should use P.P and vice versa, then we use S.P. But I have found somewhere said that to impress the ACTION, we use S.P, and to OBJECT/RESULT, we use P.P.
Let me take an example : I (buy) this car ----> in the past, and to impress the action.
Then which tense should I use?
Let me take an example : I (buy) this car ----> in the past, and to impress the action.
Then which tense should I use?
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"I have bought this car" emphasises the present result of a recent past action. "I bought this car" just describes a past action.
- "I have bought this car" emphasises the present result of a recent past action.
- "I bought this car" just describes a past action.
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"I have bought this car" emphasises the present result of a recent past action.
"I bought this car" just describes a past action.
"I bought this car" just describes a past action.
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Anonymous to impressAre you sure that "to impress" is exactly what you mean?
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