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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
tense - presenting a person
Hi,
When you are presenting a person at a meeting, what tense should one use?
He has graduated (graduated??) from xxx University and has worked (worked??) for the xxx Company for ten years.
When you are presenting a person at a meeting, what tense should one use?
He has graduated (graduated??) from xxx University and has worked (worked??) for the xxx Company for ten years.
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He graduated from *** University... - - the action is complete and in the past. and worked/has worked for the *** Company for ten years.
- He graduated from *** University...
- - - the action is complete and in the past.
- and worked/has worked for the *** Company for ten years.
- -- Either is possible; use the present perfect if he is still working for the *** Company.
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He graduated from *** University... -- the action is complete and in the past.
...and worked/has worked for the *** Company for ten years. -- Either is possible; use the present perfect if he is still working for the *** Company.
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He graduated from *** University... -- the action is complete and in the past.
...and worked/has worked for the *** Company for ten years. -- Either is possible; use the present perfect if he is still working for the *** Company.
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Thank you. What do you make of these from the Google Book search?
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Women in Changing Japan - 247 ?????: Joyce C. Lebra, Joyce Lebra-Chapman, Joy Paulson, Elizabeth Powers - 1977 - 322 ???
My daughter has graduated from university and is now working as a teacher at a
junior college. I hope that she will continue to work after she marri
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Women in Changing Japan - 247 ?????: Joyce C. Lebra, Joyce Lebra-Chapman, Joy Paulson, Elizabeth Powers - 1977 - 322 ???
My daughter has graduated from university and is now working as a teacher at a
junior college. I hope that she will continue to work after she marri
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All such uses, when correctly applied, relate the past event to the present situation in some way-- that is the general boundary of the use of the present perfect verb aspect.
The original poster wished to introduce a person, including indicating that the person was a college graduate: here,. simple past is appropriate. In the latest Anon post, the excerpts wish to stress
All such uses, when correctly applied, relate the past event to the present situation in some way-- that is the general boundary of the use of the present perfect verb aspect.
The original poster wished to introduce a person, including indicating that the person was a college graduate: here,. simple past is appropriate. In the latest Anon post, the excerpts wish to stress
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Grammar GeekIt just means that the action was recently completed.Not necessarilly. It just means the residual state is still current.
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To remove doubts, use one of the:
He (has) recently graduated from *** University
He has just graduated from *** University
He graduated from *** University
with the perfect present forms meant to show recent events, connected with the present.
He (has) recently graduated from *** University
He has just graduated from *** University
He graduated from *** University
with the perfect present forms meant to show recent events, connected with the present.
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Thank you. You seemed to have covered a broad topic that could not possibly be summed up in a few sentences but you seemed to have done it nicely. Thank you. Yes, it did help me.
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