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Donoenglish Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Tenses and modals

0 i need help on differentiating between perfect tenses and simple tenses i cant seem to find any differences in them 02br
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0Perfect tenses relate two areas of time in some way, where simple tenses are primarily isolated in a single time zone: 02br 02br 00I haven't seen Saddam. ) 02br 02br 00I didn't see Saddam. (At some undefined but specific instance(s) isolated in the past, I missed him.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0Perfect tenses relate two areas of time in some way, where simple tenses are primarily isolated in a single time zone: 02br 02br 00I haven't seen Saddam.
  • ) 02br 02br 00I didn't see Saddam.
  • (At some undefined but specific instance(s) isolated in the past, I missed him.
  • ) 02br 02br 02br 02br 00Would /should / could can appear as past forms of will / shall / can, but are more often used in ameliorative ways, to express emotional distance, euphemism, diffidence, courtesy, condition.
  • 02br 02br 00I can hear you sing in the shower.
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0Perfect tenses relate two areas of time in some way, where simple tenses are primarily isolated in a single time zone: 02br
02br
00I haven't seen Saddam. (I did not see him before, though I still have a possibility of seeing him -- this idea connects the past with the present and future.) 02br
02br
00I didn't see Saddam. (At some undefined but specific i
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