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Diamondrg Posted 19 years ago
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recent

1. Recent advances in biotechnology ---- moral questions.

A) have raised B) raised

2. Recent market fluctuations ---- a direct bearing on company policy.

A) have had B) had

I know the present perfect is OK, but what about the simple past?
  

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Hi, 1. Recent advances in biotechnology ---- moral questions. A) have raised B) raised 2.

— Clive

  • Hi, 1.
  • Recent advances in biotechnology ---- moral questions.
  • A) have raised B) raised 2.
  • Recent market fluctuations ---- a direct bearing on company policy.
  • A) have had B) had I know the present perfect is OK, but what about the simple past?
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Hi,

1. Recent advances in biotechnology ---- moral questions.

A) have raised B) raised

2. Recent market fluctuations ---- a direct bearing on company policy.

A) have had B) had

I know the present p
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recent means very close to the present. For some reason the use of the simple past strikes me as strange when combined with the word recent. There's nothing logically wrong with the simple past, however. It's just that the past isn't really "very past".
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Hi,

The simple past, for example here, suggests to me that the company policy was changed because of the fluctuations. ie The whole scenario is set in the past, albeit the recent past.

Recent market fluctuations had a direct bearing on company policy.

Best wishes, Clive
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Yes. That's the same impression I get.

CJ
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