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Diamondrg Posted 19 years ago
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01i00Why do you think did the writer use "has grown" instead of "grew"? Thanks.02i0250hrefhttp://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:9RKmWBYEvXQJ:users.ox.ac.uk/~ctitext2/resguide2000/starting.shtml+%22through+the+1990s%22&hl=tr&ct=clnk&cd=460&gl=trchere
  

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12i 12br 12br 10HTML admin: 15012br 10Document created: Feb-Mar 200012br 10Document last modified: October 200212br 12br 15112br 12br 11i 10Hi, 12i 12br 12br 11i 10Why do you think did the writer use "has grown" instead of "grew"? 12i 12br 12br 12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00The present perfect is used in place of the simple past to indicate that the action is still going on and may continue into the future. I'm assuming the sentence was written shortly after the end of the 1990s.

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  • 12i 12br 12br 10HTML admin: 15012br 10Document created: Feb-Mar 200012br 10Document last modified: October 200212br 12br 15112br 12br 11i 10Hi, 12i 12br 12br 11i 10Why do you think did the writer use "has grown" instead of "grew"?
  • 12i 12br 12br 12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00The present perfect is used in place of the simple past to indicate that the action is still going on and may continue into the future.
  • I'm assuming the sentence was written shortly after the end of the 1990s.
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01cite10Diamondrg12cite11i10Through the 1990s, the Internet 11font10has grown12font10 exponentially, both in terms of the number and range of electronic discussion lists and programs now available, and the number of pages on the Web.12i12br
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0Yes. I meant to ask why the writer preferred to use "present perfect" though the 90s had ended whe he wrote this. 0-
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00Please don't get the idea by reading these Forums that all native English speakers thing carefully and for a long time when choosing a tense, or that the tense that is chosen is always and in every case the most theoretically appropriate.05002br
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00Best wishes, Clive010id4
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10Please don't get the idea by reading these Forums that all native English speakers thing carefully and for a long time when choosing a tense, or that the tense that is chosen is always and in every case the most theoretically appropriate.15012br
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