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Kins_10 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

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0What are the differences between these two tenses?02br
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001. I 01b00have been02b00 told that the seminar will be held next week.02br
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002. I 01b00was02b00 told that the seminar will be held next week.02br
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00And, can someone please explain the use of the past perfect tense in this sentence?02br
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003. Down the basement, the day Deb and I said goodbye, my hand holding the gun 01b00had seemed02b00 the centre of everything, Laplace's fixed point from which the rest of the universe could be understood.02br
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0 No difference between the first two sentences.02br
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00The gun no longer meant as much as it had 01b00in the past, previously.02b00 0-
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0Maybe i didn't explain myself very clearly. What i meant was how do the past tense and pluperfect affect the entire meaning of this sentence in the context of time?02br
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001. Does the 01i00have-been02i00 used in this sentence indicate an act of repetition?02br
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002. Does the use of 01i00was02i00 indic
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10Maybe i didn't explain myself very clearly. What i meant was how do the past tense and pluperfect affect the entire meaning of this sentence in the context of time?12br
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101. Does the 11i10have-been12i10 used in this sentence indicate an act of repetition?12br
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