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EyeSeeYou Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Sometimes I doubt whether to...

0 ... use the Simple Past or the Present Perfect in this context: 02br
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00What did you say? /What have you said? 02br
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00The 1st one sounds more natural though I do not know if it's the most appropriate because there's no time reference being made... 0-
  

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" 02br 02br 00I don't know the reason, but "say" is more naturally used in simple tenses, "say" or "said" rather than "have said" or "be saying" 02br 02br 00paco 0-

— Paco2004

  • " 02br 02br 00I don't know the reason, but "say" is more naturally used in simple tenses, "say" or "said" rather than "have said" or "be saying" 02br 02br 00paco 0-
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0 I would go with "What did you say?" 02br
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00I don't know the reason, but "say" is more naturally used in simple tenses, "say" or "said" rather than "have said" or "be saying" 02br
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00paco 0-
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0 "what did you say" is good. 0-
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0 Hello icu 02br
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00I'd agree with Paco and Abbie. 02br
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00'What have you said?' can be used as a semi-rhetorical question, in this kind of context: 02br
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00"MrP! Where have you been?" 02br
00"I've been round to your parents' house." 02br
00"My parents' house? but why??" 0
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