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Ethan85 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Present perfect vs simple past
Please tell which one of the below is correct:
1) I have sent so many emails yesterday. (I've heard native speakers saying this, but my understanding is tha, this is wrong, because you can't use present perfect for yesterday)
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2) I sent so many emails yesterday. (I think this is correct, because we are talking about yesterday and should use simple past).
But I am just confused because of the native speaker, please explain the above.
Your help will be much appreciated.Thanks.
1) I have sent so many emails yesterday. (I've heard native speakers saying this, but my understanding is tha, this is wrong, because you can't use present perfect for yesterday)
OR
2) I sent so many emails yesterday. (I think this is correct, because we are talking about yesterday and should use simple past).
But I am just confused because of the native speaker, please explain the above.
Your help will be much appreciated.Thanks.
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#1 is wrong and not used, so I don't think you have actually heard native speakers saying that, since it contains a specific past time reference. Perhaps you misunderstood their pronunciation.
- #1 is wrong and not used, so I don't think you have actually heard native speakers saying that, since it contains a specific past time reference.
- Perhaps you misunderstood their pronunciation.
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#1 is wrong and not used, so I don't think you have actually heard native speakers saying that, since it contains a specific past time reference. Perhaps you misunderstood their pronunciation.
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