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Teo Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Tenses in since-clauses
1. He has been a boss ever since I have known him.
2. He has been a boss ever since I knew him.
Someone syas, "'Ever since I have known him' implies that he is still a boss; 'ever since I knew him' would imply that he is no longer a boss." Is that analysis correct?
Thank you very much for your reply.
2. He has been a boss ever since I knew him.
Someone syas, "'Ever since I have known him' implies that he is still a boss; 'ever since I knew him' would imply that he is no longer a boss." Is that analysis correct?
Thank you very much for your reply.
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Teo, No, that analysis is not correct. Only the first sentence makes sense. Something that would come closer to implying that he was no longer a boss might be: He used to be a boss when I knew him.
- Teo, No, that analysis is not correct.
- Only the first sentence makes sense.
- Something that would come closer to implying that he was no longer a boss might be: He used to be a boss when I knew him.
- But even that doesn't mean he is definitely not a boss now.
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Teo,
No, that analysis is not correct.
Only the first sentence makes sense.
Something that would come closer to implying that he was no longer a boss might be:
He used to be a boss when I knew him.
But even that doesn't mean he is definitely not a boss now.
No, that analysis is not correct.
Only the first sentence makes sense.
Something that would come closer to implying that he was no longer a boss might be:
He used to be a boss when I knew him.
But even that doesn't mean he is definitely not a boss now.
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1. He has been a boss ever since I have known him.
2. He has been a boss ever since I knew him.
3. He has been a boss ever since I have met him.
4. He has been a boss ever since I met him.
1 and 4 are correct. 2 and 3 are incorrect. Am I right?
2. He has been a boss ever since I knew him.
3. He has been a boss ever since I have met him.
4. He has been a boss ever since I met him.
1 and 4 are correct. 2 and 3 are incorrect. Am I right?
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On the contrary, I like 2 & 4 for the reason that I'd like to take "since clause" as "since the time + when clause", and "since the time when" always introduces clauses whose verbs are in their past tenses.
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1 and 4 are correct. 2 and 3 are incorrect. Am I right?
I would say so, yes.
know is a stative verb, so ever since is going to mean during the entire time from when (I came to know him) until now.
meet is not a stative verb, so ever since is going to mean from the time when (I met him) until now.
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I would say so, yes.
know is a stative verb, so ever since is going to mean during the entire time from when (I came to know him) until now.
meet is not a stative verb, so ever since is going to mean from the time when (I met him) until now.
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Oh, I know now
the (2) should be:
He has been a boss ever since I got to know him.
the (2) should be:
He has been a boss ever since I got to know him.
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