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Nsfs2 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Recently
Hi,
'Recently' seems to be a word used with more than one tense. In the past I used to regard it as a time marker of present perfect and present perfect tense only until I saw its use with past simple. Could you add any information of relevance to correct my understanding, please? Used with recently, how would the following sentences differ in meaning, if any? Would adding the sentence 'you look tired' change the tense?
1. You look tired. What have you been doing recently?
2.You look tired. What have you done recently?
3.You look tired. What did you do recently?
Thanks.
'Recently' seems to be a word used with more than one tense. In the past I used to regard it as a time marker of present perfect and present perfect tense only until I saw its use with past simple. Could you add any information of relevance to correct my understanding, please? Used with recently, how would the following sentences differ in meaning, if any? Would adding the sentence 'you look tired' change the tense?
1. You look tired. What have you been doing recently?
2.You look tired. What have you done recently?
3.You look tired. What did you do recently?
Thanks.
Top answer
nsfs2 . In the past I used to regard it as a time marker of present perfect and present perfect tense only until I saw its use with past simple. Not only, but often or usually.
- nsfs2 .
- In the past I used to regard it as a time marker of present perfect and present perfect tense only until I saw its use with past simple.
- Not only, but often or usually.
- nsfs2 Could you add any information of relevance to correct my understanding, please?
- ) it also appears with simple past.
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nsfs2. In the past I used to regard it as a time marker of present perfect and present perfect tense only until I saw its use with past simple.Not only, but often or usually.
nsfs2 Could you add any information of relevance to correct my understanding, please?Especially in AmE (?) it also appears with simple past. this als
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