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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Simple Present vs. Present Perfect
Hello,
Advice needed on the following. Thank you.
A. He never runs out of excuses. (simple present)
B. He has never ran out of excuses. (present perfect)
Questions:
1. Is there a difference in meaning between statements A and B? If so, please explain.
2. I believe the adverb never is usually used with the present perfect tense of a verb. Can it also be used with simple present as in statement A?
3. Are both statements spoken naturally in the English language?
Advice needed on the following. Thank you.
A. He never runs out of excuses. (simple present)
B. He has never ran out of excuses. (present perfect)
Questions:
1. Is there a difference in meaning between statements A and B? If so, please explain.
2. I believe the adverb never is usually used with the present perfect tense of a verb. Can it also be used with simple present as in statement A?
3. Are both statements spoken naturally in the English language?
Top answer
A. He never runs out of excuses. (simple present) B.
- A.
- He never runs out of excuses.
- (simple present) B.
- He has never run out of excuses.
- (present perfect) Questions: 1.
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A. He never runs out of excuses. (simple present)
B. He has never run out of excuses. (present perfect)
Questions:
1. Is there a difference in meaning between statements A and B?-- B means 'so far; up until now'. He may run out in the future. A makes no mention of this possibility.
2. I believe the adverb never is usually used with the present perfect
B. He has never run out of excuses. (present perfect)
Questions:
1. Is there a difference in meaning between statements A and B?-- B means 'so far; up until now'. He may run out in the future. A makes no mention of this possibility.
2. I believe the adverb never is usually used with the present perfect
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I see 'so far, up until now' is the implied meaning of B and A is simply a generalization about a person having no mention of any possibility.
Thank you Mister micawber for your explanation and for the correction to B. I appreciate it.
Thank you Mister micawber for your explanation and for the correction to B. I appreciate it.
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