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LouiST Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Tenses pp
Is the present perfect more relative to "it's still" or "the experience you now have"?
For example I read "I have had a great husband" is, that you had a great husband, that you are now divorced or he died, whatever. But couldn't it be that you're still married to him?
And I heard that "I have studied ...." means that you aren't studying anymore, and "I have been studying" means that you are still studying. Is that true?
And which of these two is correct:
1. I have read the newspaper and have a question now.
2. I read the newspaper and have a question now.
1. I have heard this and that; is that true?
2. I heard this and that; is that true?
Thank you
LS
For example I read "I have had a great husband" is, that you had a great husband, that you are now divorced or he died, whatever. But couldn't it be that you're still married to him?
And I heard that "I have studied ...." means that you aren't studying anymore, and "I have been studying" means that you are still studying. Is that true?
And which of these two is correct:
1. I have read the newspaper and have a question now.
2. I read the newspaper and have a question now.
1. I have heard this and that; is that true?
2. I heard this and that; is that true?
Thank you
LS
Top answer
- - Both are possible. For example I read "I have had a great husband" is, that you had a great husband, that you are now divorced or he died, whatever. -- Yes, both are possible interpretations, though if he died or you were divorced, simple past would be usual.
- - - Both are possible.
- For example I read "I have had a great husband" is, that you had a great husband, that you are now divorced or he died, whatever.
- -- Yes, both are possible interpretations, though if he died or you were divorced, simple past would be usual.
- " means that you aren't studying anymore, and "I have been studying" means that you are still studying.
- -- The perfect continuous makes it clear that you are still studying, but the present perfect is ambiguous.
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Is the present perfect more relative to "it's still" or "the experience you now have"?-- Both are possible.
For example I read "I have had a great husband" is, that you had a great husband, that you are now divorced or he died, whatever. But couldn't it be that you're still married to him?-- Yes, both are possible interpretations, though if he died or you were divorced,
For example I read "I have had a great husband" is, that you had a great husband, that you are now divorced or he died, whatever. But couldn't it be that you're still married to him?-- Yes, both are possible interpretations, though if he died or you were divorced,
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one more question to: What is the difference between 1 and 2 then?
one more question to: What is the difference between 1 and 2 then?
And which of these two is correct-- All are correct: 1. I have read the newspaper and have a question now. 2. I read the newspaper and have a questio |
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