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Insano Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Present perfect with time expression
Hello,
Could you help me with this one?
Can I use the present perfect tense in the following sentence to emphasize that the project is still being developed or the past simple is mandatory here? "We have started implementation of our project in March 2011"
Thanks
Could you help me with this one?
Can I use the present perfect tense in the following sentence to emphasize that the project is still being developed or the past simple is mandatory here? "We have started implementation of our project in March 2011"
Thanks
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Well, usually, when you mention the particular time when the action was performed, you should use the Past Simple^ We started the implementation of our project in March 2011 . In order to point out that the project is still underway, you could re-phrase your sentence a little: We have been working on the project since March 2011 .
- Well, usually, when you mention the particular time when the action was performed, you should use the Past Simple^ We started the implementation of our project in March 2011 .
- In order to point out that the project is still underway, you could re-phrase your sentence a little: We have been working on the project since March 2011 .
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Well, usually, when you mention the particular time when the action was performed, you should use the Past Simple^
We started the implementation of our project in March 2011.
In order to point out that the project is still underway, you could re-phrase your sentence a little:
We have been working on the project since March 2011.
We started the implementation of our project in March 2011.
In order to point out that the project is still underway, you could re-phrase your sentence a little:
We have been working on the project since March 2011.
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Hi,
You just need to say 'We started our project in March'.
If you need to explain that it is not finished, say eg 'We will complete it in December'.
If you want to use Present Perfect, I suggest the Continuous. eg 'We have been working
You just need to say 'We started our project in March'.
If you need to explain that it is not finished, say eg 'We will complete it in December'.
If you want to use Present Perfect, I suggest the Continuous. eg 'We have been working
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vchekhWell, usually, when you mention the particular time when the action was performed, you should use the Past Simple^We started the implementation of our project in March 2011. I agree.
In order to point out that the project is still underway, But the sentence is about the implementation, not th
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