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Sparkle9 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Simple Past or Present Perfect?

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What's correct: "Brian didn't eat anything yesterday, because he felt too sick." or "Brian hasn't eaten anything yesterday, because he felt too sick."?

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Hi Sparkle, Which one do you think is the right answer and why? - DJB -

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Hi Sparkle,

Which one do you think is the right answer and why?

- DJB -
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Brian didn't eat anything yesterday because ***
Brian hasn't eaten anything since yesterday because ***
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sparkle9Hello What's correct: "Brian didn't eat anything yesterday, because he felt too sick." or "Brian hasn't eaten anything yesterday, because he felt too sick."?Thank you!
Okay, unfortunately someone felt the need to give the answer away. Doesn't matter.

1) "Brian didn't eat anything
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Thank you! I tend to forget that signal words sometimes are a huge help.
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Oh, and if you like, could you tell me what would happen if I took "today" instead of "yesterday"? Wouldn't that mean that it is still happening in the present, so I would have to use the present perfect?
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sparkle9Oh, and if you like, could you tell me what would happen if I took "today" instead of "yesterday"? Wouldn't that mean that it is still happening in the present, so I would have to use the present perfect?
In British English, the present perfect would be used if there is still a possibility of Brian eating anything. If there isn't, for example, if Brian
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