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Sai Cheong Hung Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

present tense/ past prefect tense

"She never causes any problem at home."

If the sentence above to be rewritten into the sentence below.
Will its meaning be changed?

"She has never caused any problem at home"

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" This is talking about the present and the place. It can be used as a contrast with another place. She never causes any problem at home, but she does tease her classmates at school.

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  • " This is talking about the present and the place.
  • It can be used as a contrast with another place.
  • She never causes any problem at home, but she does tease her classmates at school.
  • Sai Cheong Hung "She has never caused any problem at home" This is talking about the past, up to a recent time.
  • Sometimes it is used as a contrast with the immediate present.
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Sai Cheong Hung"She never causes any problem at home."
This is talking about the present and the place. It can be used as a contrast with another place.
She never causes any problem at home, but she does tease her classmates at school.
Sai Cheong Hung"She has never caused any problem at home"
This is talking about the
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Sai Cheong Hung"She has never caused any problem at home"
As far as your question goes, I don't see a serious shift in meaning between the two versions from a casual conversation perspective. However, the perfect version, by nature, suggest a contrasting context, e.g. "She has never caused any problem at home, she is a good s
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Sai Cheong HungWill its meaning be changed?
Yes. A little.

1 She never causes any problem at home.
2 She has never caused any problem at home.

1 is about her behavior more recently, with the suggestion that it will continue as it is now.
2 is about her behavior for all previous time up to now, with no guarantee about the
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