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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
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0 Hi teachers ,02br
00Please help me understand the following:02br
001/ Why is the simple past , not the present perfect used with "since "here ?02br
00 He has worked here for 2 years , but only 01b00since02b00 last July 01b00did 02b00he 01b00get paid02b00 for it .(I think it should be" ...only since last July 01b00has 02b00he 01b00gotten paid02b00 for it ". Which one is right? )02br
002/Is it ok if we use "would prefer" and " would rather" interchangeably in the following structure?:02br
00I 01b00would prefer02b00 01b00that 02b00/I 01b00would rather02b00 01b00that02b00 you were introduced by the Australian equivalent of the Vietnam Veterans' Association .02br
00I 01b00would prefer that /I would rather that02b00 you went home now 02br
003/Can I say like this?:02br
00I go to 01b00the same02b00 school 01b00as he does/as him02b02br
00I go to 01b00the same02b00 school 01b00with him.02br
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00Thank you in advanve 0-
  

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02br 02br 01i 00I 01b 00would prefer02b 00 01b 00that 02b 00/I 01b 00would rather02b 00 01b 00that02b 00 you were introduced by the Australian equivalent of the Vietnam Veterans' Association 02i 00. - OK02br 01i 00I 01b 00would prefer that /I would rather that02b 00 you went home now02i 00 - OK02br 02br 01i 00 I go to 01b 00the same02b 00 school 02i 01b 01i 00as he does/as him. 02i 02b 0-

  • 02br 02br 01i 00I 01b 00would prefer02b 00 01b 00that 02b 00/I 01b 00would rather02b 00 01b 00that02b 00 you were introduced by the Australian equivalent of the Vietnam Veterans' Association 02i 00.
  • - OK02br 01i 00I 01b 00would prefer that /I would rather that02b 00 you went home now02i 00 - OK02br 02br 01i 00 I go to 01b 00the same02b 00 school 02i 01b 01i 00as he does/as him.
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0 He has worked here for 2 years , but only 01b00since02b00 last July 01b00has he been paid02b00 for it.02br
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01i00I 01b00would prefer02b00 01b00that 02b00/I 01b00would rather02b00 01b00that02b00 you were introduced by the Austr
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0Thank you Optilang very much02img0-

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