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Marix998 Posted 15 years ago
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The whole area has/had been stuck for a while, and it got reignited in the 80s.
Hello,
I have watched ted.com videos. Video of Lee Cronin where he says:
So in the 1950s, Miller-Urey did their fantastic chemical Frankenstein experiment, where they did the equivalent in the chemical world. They took the basic ingredients, put them in a single jar and ignited them and put a lot of voltage through. And they had a look at what was in the soup, and they found amino acids, but nothing came out, there was no cell. So the whole area's been stuck for a while, and it got reignited in the 80s when analytical technologies and computer technologies were coming on.
I do not know why he used present perfect (in bold type). Shouldn´t be there past perfect in sentence (area had been stuck) since he talks about what happend in the past.
Thanks
M
I have watched ted.com videos. Video of Lee Cronin where he says:
So in the 1950s, Miller-Urey did their fantastic chemical Frankenstein experiment, where they did the equivalent in the chemical world. They took the basic ingredients, put them in a single jar and ignited them and put a lot of voltage through. And they had a look at what was in the soup, and they found amino acids, but nothing came out, there was no cell. So the whole area's been stuck for a while, and it got reignited in the 80s when analytical technologies and computer technologies were coming on.
I do not know why he used present perfect (in bold type). Shouldn´t be there past perfect in sentence (area had been stuck) since he talks about what happend in the past.
Thanks
M
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It should actually be simple past; the context does not require past perfect. In fact, however, the whole passage is poorly written.
- It should actually be simple past; the context does not require past perfect.
- In fact, however, the whole passage is poorly written.
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It should actually be simple past; the context does not require past perfect. In fact, however, the whole passage is poorly written.
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