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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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(i) John, who was recently reinstated as centre-back in our football team, apologised for his poor marking during the match.

(ii) John, who has recently been reinstated as the centre-back in our football team, apologised for his poor marking during the match.

Is any difference in semantic meaning (as opposed to grammatical one) between (i) and (ii)?
  

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Anonymous Is any difference in semantic meaning (as opposed to grammatical one) between (i) and (ii)? Just the difference between simple past and present perfect.

  • Anonymous Is any difference in semantic meaning (as opposed to grammatical one) between (i) and (ii)?
  • Just the difference between simple past and present perfect.
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AnonymousIs any difference in semantic meaning (as opposed to grammatical one) between (i) and (ii)?
Just the difference between simple past and present perfect.

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