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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

The Passive

Hi, everybody! Once again I need your help. The question is which tense shall I use in this sentence:

Everest has been named/was named after Sir...

I think it should be the Present Perfect Passive but my teacher says it has to be the Past SImple. Could you please explain to me why? I mean, don't we use the Present Perfect for an acton we don't say when happened in the past? If so, why the Past SImple is correct for this sentence?

Thank you very much!
  

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Here, was named is correct. (here assuming other mountains remain to be named). Not all past forms without a specific time mentioned have to be in the present perfect; however, you don't use a specific time when you use it.

— Philip

  • Here, was named is correct.
  • (here assuming other mountains remain to be named).
  • Not all past forms without a specific time mentioned have to be in the present perfect; however, you don't use a specific time when you use it.
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Here, was named is correct.
An example with the present perfect could be: Many mountains have been named after those who discovered them...(here assuming other mountains remain to be named).

Not all past forms without a specific time mentioned have to be in the present perfect; however, you don't use a specific time when you use it.
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?????? ????????I mean, don't we use the Present Perfect for an acton we don't say when happened in the past? If so, why the Past SImple is correct for this sentence?
.........TENSE >>>...........Simple Past...........Present Perfect
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....Mention of time................OK.........................Wrong.........
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... No mention of t
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