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Baibai Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
re: the use of present perfect sentence
I've run into the following question
when you received a notice of the Court ruling, say, from the 9th Appellate Court, say, on September 24 (so two days from now), and you are reporting it
to your friend. Under this circumstance, which one of following sentences is correct
1. I have received a court ruling from the 9th Appellate Court on September 25th, 2008.
2. I received a court ruling from the 9th Appellate Court on September 25th, 2008.
By the way, if you had received the court ruling on September 26th or 24th, assuming today is September 27th, what would be the appropriate sentence , particualry
use of present perfect tense would be approrpaite under this circumstance ? or use of the present perfect tense would be more appropriate the more distant from today the time in which the referenced action took place ?
On a side note, I am wondering about whether I should use "referring to" or "reference to" when I have to write the following sentence " the sequence of some amino acids should be defined by referring to their respective sequence identifying numbers" or "the sequence of some amino acids should be defined by reference to their respective sequence identifying numbers." Between the two sentences, which one is more approrpaite ?
Thanks in advance
when you received a notice of the Court ruling, say, from the 9th Appellate Court, say, on September 24 (so two days from now), and you are reporting it
to your friend. Under this circumstance, which one of following sentences is correct
1. I have received a court ruling from the 9th Appellate Court on September 25th, 2008.
2. I received a court ruling from the 9th Appellate Court on September 25th, 2008.
By the way, if you had received the court ruling on September 26th or 24th, assuming today is September 27th, what would be the appropriate sentence , particualry
use of present perfect tense would be approrpaite under this circumstance ? or use of the present perfect tense would be more appropriate the more distant from today the time in which the referenced action took place ?
On a side note, I am wondering about whether I should use "referring to" or "reference to" when I have to write the following sentence " the sequence of some amino acids should be defined by referring to their respective sequence identifying numbers" or "the sequence of some amino acids should be defined by reference to their respective sequence identifying numbers." Between the two sentences, which one is more approrpaite ?
Thanks in advance
Top answer
It's hard to know what you are asking. First, the present perfect is only used with current temporal markers, not dates. Obviously the court made the ruling at some time in the past so you either use the simple past + the date, or just the present perfect.
- It's hard to know what you are asking.
- First, the present perfect is only used with current temporal markers, not dates.
- Obviously the court made the ruling at some time in the past so you either use the simple past + the date, or just the present perfect.
- On the 25th of September 2008 the Court ruled that ***.
- The Court has ruled that ***.
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It's hard to know what you are asking. First, the present perfect is only used with current temporal markers, not dates. Obviously the court made the ruling at some time in the past so you either use the simple past + the date, or just the present perfect.
- On the 25th of September 2008 the Court ruled that ***.
- The Court has ruled that ***.
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