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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Until recently

Hi,
which verb tenses can be used with "until recently"? I thought only the simple past or the past continuous could be used, but I've also seen some perfect tenses... Is there any difference?
American English, as always:

He worked in NY until recently. <-- ok, I think
He has worked in NY until recently. <--- I don't know. And if it's ok, is he still working there. or is that possible?
He has been working in NY until recently. <--- I don't know. And if it's ok, is he still working there. or is that possible?
He used to work in NY until recently.<--- I don't think it's ok. Too little time has passed to use "used to".

Any advice? Thank you in advance Emotion: smile
  

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Kooyeen Hi, which verb tenses can be used with "until recently"? I thought only the simple past or the past continuous could be used, but I've also seen some perfect tenses... Is there any difference?

— Philip

  • Kooyeen Hi, which verb tenses can be used with "until recently"?
  • I thought only the simple past or the past continuous could be used, but I've also seen some perfect tenses...
  • Is there any difference?
  • American English, as always: He worked in NY until recently.
  • <-- ok, I think OK He has worked in NY until recently.
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KooyeenHi,
which verb tenses can be used with "until recently"? I thought only the simple past or the past continuous could be used, but I've also seen some perfect tenses... Is there any difference?
American English, as always:

He worked in NY until recently. <-- ok, I think OK
He has worked in NY unti
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I breezed through a bunch of Google pages on "until recently" and found that most of them used past tense, almost as many used present perfect, but not as many, and a few used past perfect. I didn't see any that used progressive tenses, but I think that was just coincidence, and I didn't see any that used "used to". All the ones I saw seemed grammatical to me.
The 'used to' example i
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Hmm, interesting... I see. If I one day I hear or read anything strange and I have any other related questions, I will open a new thread and ask about a specific example.
Thanks
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KooyeenHi,
which verb tenses can be used with "until recently"? I thought only the simple past or the past continuous could be used, but I've also seen some perfect tenses... Is there any difference?
American English, as always:

He worked in NY until recently. <-- ok, I think OK
He has worked in NY until recen
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