Present Simple and Perfect

Hi,

What's the difference between these two sentences:

- I live in NYC.

- I've lived in NYC.

#1 - You live there now.

#2 - You lived there at some point in the past, but you don't live there now (unless you say something like I have lived in NYC

Hi Clive

I've lived in NYC.

#2 - You lived there at some point in the past, but you don't live there now (unless you say something like I have lived in NYC for 5 years

Could the sentence be rephrased as follows?

I lived in NYC. (You lived there at some point in the past, but you don't live there no

Usually, the choice of Past Simple, or Present Perfect is clear from the context of the exchange.

However, if you want to take the sentence as a minimalist decontextualised concept, then you must use a past time adverbial to qualify it.

I lived there seven years ago/in 1999/during the 1990s...

The past simple refers to past/finished time, whereas the present perfect con

Yoong LiatHi Clive

I've lived in NYC.

#2 - You lived there at some point in the past, but you don't live there now (unless you say something like I have lived in NYC for 5 years

Could the sentence be rephrased as follows?

I lived in NYC. (You lived there at some point in t

Thanks for replies

Tam SadekUsually, the choice of Past Simple, or Present Perfect is clear from the context of the exchange. However, if you want to take the sentence as a minimalist decontextualised concept, then you must use a past time adverbial to qualify it. I lived there seven years ago/in 1999/during the 1990s... The past simple refers to past/finished time, whereas the pre

Hi,

does that mean you can never say just "I lived in NYC."?

Well, if you just walk into the room and say to me, 'I have seen Tom', I hear the focus on the present time so my instinct is to say something like 'How is he'? But if you walk into the room and say 'I saw Tom', my instinct is to say 'When?'

As Clive's answers points out...

Yes, you can say it, but it will have a different effect on the listener as demonstrated in Clive's answer above.