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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Present perfect with past-time adverbs
Hello, I have a question. The following sentence:
(1) I have called my lawyer to tell him about the problems but was told that he had gone for a walk.
Is this OK? Then if I want to insert past-time adverb "last night", then
(2) I have called my lawyer last night to tell him about the problems but was told that he had gone for a walk.
Must I change 'have called' to 'called' in (2), because present perfect can't go with past-time adverbs?
Absolutely never? no exception?
(1) I have called my lawyer to tell him about the problems but was told that he had gone for a walk.
Is this OK? Then if I want to insert past-time adverb "last night", then
(2) I have called my lawyer last night to tell him about the problems but was told that he had gone for a walk.
Must I change 'have called' to 'called' in (2), because present perfect can't go with past-time adverbs?
Absolutely never? no exception?
Top answer
Anonymous Must I change 'have called' to 'called' in (2), because present perfect can't go with past-time adverbs? Yes, you must. You absolutely must change it.
- Anonymous Must I change 'have called' to 'called' in (2), because present perfect can't go with past-time adverbs?
- Yes, you must.
- You absolutely must change it.
- Anonymous Absolutely never?
- Absolutely never.
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AnonymousMust I change 'have called' to 'called' in (2), because present perfect can't go with past-time adverbs?Yes, you must. You absolutely must change it.
AnonymousAbsolutely never?Absolutely never.
Anonymousno exception?You will occasionally see that a journalist combines the pres
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