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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Recently/lately
1.There has been no visitor until recently. (O)
2.There has been no visitor recently (O)
3.There has been no visitor until lately. (X)
4.There has been no visitor lately. (O)
5.There has been many visitors until recently. (X)
6.There has been many visitors recently. (X)
7.There has been many visitor until lately. (O)
8.There has been many visitor lately. (O)
Up to here, I'd like to know whether my decision is right about whether or not each sentences is right.
2.There has been no visitor recently (O)
3.There has been no visitor until lately. (X)
4.There has been no visitor lately. (O)
5.There has been many visitors until recently. (X)
6.There has been many visitors recently. (X)
7.There has been many visitor until lately. (O)
8.There has been many visitor lately. (O)
Up to here, I'd like to know whether my decision is right about whether or not each sentences is right.
Top answer
1 - 4 are all grammatical, but "there has been no visitor" feels a bit stilted in everyday English. Usually you would say "there have been no visitors" or "there haven't been any visitors". 5 - 8 are all ungrammatical.
- 1 - 4 are all grammatical, but "there has been no visitor" feels a bit stilted in everyday English.
- Usually you would say "there have been no visitors" or "there haven't been any visitors".
- 5 - 8 are all ungrammatical.
- It must be "there have been many visitor s ".
- With this correction, (6) and (8) are OK, but the other two don't sound optimal.
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1 - 4 are all grammatical, but "there has been no visitor" feels a bit stilted in everyday English. Usually you would say "there have been no visitors" or "there haven't been any visitors".
5 - 8 are all ungrammatical. It must be "there have been many visitors". With this correction, (6) and (8) are OK, but the other two don't sound optimal.
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5 - 8 are all ungrammatical. It must be "there have been many visitors". With this correction, (6) and (8) are OK, but the other two don't sound optimal.
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Thank you, GPY, for your answer and correction of errors in my sentences and helpful advice. 
I have thought "recently" is
I have thought "recently" is
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park sang joonI have thought "recently" is used so as to express a single event whereas "lately" is used so as to express a repeated event."recently" is equally good for both single events and repeated events. "lately" is mostly used for repeated events.
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