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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Time adverb and Presnet Perfect.
Can I say...
The board has reached a decision on Sunday.
The board has reached a decision on Sunday.
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"Sunday" is a precise moment belonging to the past, so you can't use the present perfect; you want the simple past. The present perfect is used to express an action/state that extends up to now, or up to the period of time you are still in.
- "Sunday" is a precise moment belonging to the past, so you can't use the present perfect; you want the simple past.
- The present perfect is used to express an action/state that extends up to now, or up to the period of time you are still in.
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"Sunday" is a precise moment belonging to the past, so you can't use the present perfect; you want the simple past. The present perfect is used to express an action/state that extends up to now, or up to the period of time you are still in.
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Pieanne"Sunday" is a precise moment belonging to the past, so you can't use the present perfect; you want the simple past. The present perfect is used to express an action/state that extends up to now, or up to the period of time you are still in.Actually, you can say it. If it refers to something cyclical, it's OK.
The board have (regularly) made a
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I'm afraid you can't say that. For something regular, you use the simple present "the board makes decisions on Sundays/every Sunday".
"The board made a decision last Sunday".
"The board has made decisions on Sundays before" means that starting from some point in the past till now, board decisions have already occured (even though it's not a working day).
"The board made a decision last Sunday".
"The board has made decisions on Sundays before" means that starting from some point in the past till now, board decisions have already occured (even though it's not a working day).
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