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Insano Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Preset perfect / present simple / past simple - which tense is the better choice?
Welcome everybody!
Could you help me with some sentences which have been bothering me for a long time. Which tense is the best choice and why?
a)
A have two functions - A and B and I'd like to describe what the function A does.
"The function A waits until the function B has completed / was completed / completes / is completed"
b)
I've made some observations and I'd like to describe a general behaviour of the computer.
"The computer hangs up after the program has been started / was started / starts / is started"
Can I use the present perfect in this case to emphasize that the program was running when that event uccured?
Thank you for your answers.
Could you help me with some sentences which have been bothering me for a long time. Which tense is the best choice and why?
a)
A have two functions - A and B and I'd like to describe what the function A does.
"The function A waits until the function B has completed / was completed / completes / is completed"
b)
I've made some observations and I'd like to describe a general behaviour of the computer.
"The computer hangs up after the program has been started / was started / starts / is started"
Can I use the present perfect in this case to emphasize that the program was running when that event uccured?
Thank you for your answers.
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Hi, Could you help me with some sentences which have been bothering me for a long time. Which tense is the best choice and why? a) A I have two functions - A and B and I'd like to describe what the function A does.
- Hi, Could you help me with some sentences which have been bothering me for a long time.
- Which tense is the best choice and why?
- a) A I have two functions - A and B and I'd like to describe what the function A does.
- "The function A waits until the function B has completed / was completed / completes / is completed " We usually speak of 'Function A' rather than of 'The function A'.
- The most grammatically correct thing to say is Function A waits until function B has been completed.
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Hi,
Could you help me with some sentences which have been bothering me for a long time. Which tense is the best choice and why?
a)
A I have two functions - A and B and I'd like to describe what the function A does.
"The function A waits until the function B ha
Could you help me with some sentences which have been bothering me for a long time. Which tense is the best choice and why?
a)
"The function A waits until the function B ha
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