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Rami1511 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Tenses in English

hello
There are many tenses in English, but I always be confused which tense should I use? present perfect ? simple present ? past perfect continuous ?...ect
for example should I say ( I've bought a new car - or - I bought a new car )
should I say ( You had been waiting there ) or ( you've been waiting there ) or ( you waited there ) ????

looking forward to get the answer
  

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have = an action in the past that extends into the present - it feels still immediately present eg I have bought a car I can't wait to drive it (no have) = action in past that's been done and doesn't feel immediately present (you are now onto other things) eg I bought a car last week had = sufficiently past/events have moved on such that it is not relevant now eg I had bought a car but I crashed it d

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  • have = an action in the past that extends into the present - it feels still immediately present eg I have bought a car I can't wait to drive it (no have) = action in past that's been done and doesn't feel immediately present (you are now onto other things) eg I bought a car last week had = sufficiently past/events have moved on such that it is not relevant now eg I had bought a car but I crashed it d
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have = an action in the past that extends into the present - it feels still immediately present eg I have bought a car I can't wait to drive it

(no have) = action in past that's been done and doesn't feel immediately present (you are now onto other things) eg I bought a car last week

had = sufficiently past/events have moved on such that it is not relevant now
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