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Kane159 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Usage of tenses
Hi,
Here is an article from BBC:
"A suicide bomb blast in the centre of Istanbul has injured 22 people, including 10 policemen. Police say the bomber tried to board a police bus in Taksim Square. Twelve civilians were also hurt."
I understand the usage of the present perfect in the first sentence,I am just asking why they did not use this tense in the last sentence. Could we replace it with the present perfect? Because I would say : "...have also been hurt."
Thank you in advance.
Here is an article from BBC:
"A suicide bomb blast in the centre of Istanbul has injured 22 people, including 10 policemen. Police say the bomber tried to board a police bus in Taksim Square. Twelve civilians were also hurt."
I understand the usage of the present perfect in the first sentence,I am just asking why they did not use this tense in the last sentence. Could we replace it with the present perfect? Because I would say : "...have also been hurt."
Thank you in advance.
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Hi, Here is an article from BBC: "A suicide bomb blast in the centre of Istanbul has injured 22 people, including 10 policemen. Police say the bomber tried to board a police bus in Taksim Square. " I understand the usage of the present perfect in the first sentence,I am just asking why they did not use this tense in the last sentence.
- Hi, Here is an article from BBC: "A suicide bomb blast in the centre of Istanbul has injured 22 people, including 10 policemen.
- Police say the bomber tried to board a police bus in Taksim Square.
- " I understand the usage of the present perfect in the first sentence,I am just asking why they did not use this tense in the last sentence.
- Could we replace it with the present perfect?
- " Yes, you could do that.
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Hi,
Here is an article from BBC:
"A suicide bomb blast in the centre of Istanbul has injured 22 people, including 10 policemen. Police say the bomber tried to board a police bus in Taksim Square. Twelve civilians were also hurt."
I understand the usage of the present perfect in the first sentence,I am just asking why they did not use
Here is an article from BBC:
"A suicide bomb blast in the centre of Istanbul has injured 22 people, including 10 policemen. Police say the bomber tried to board a police bus in Taksim Square. Twelve civilians were also hurt."
I understand the usage of the present perfect in the first sentence,I am just asking why they did not use
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Thank you a lot,you have been really helpful.
So..,it is OK to use the present perfect in the headline and then it is suitable to
So..,it is OK to use the present perfect in the headline and then it is suitable to
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Hi,
So..,it is OK to use the present perfect in the headline and then it is suitable to use the simple past,right? I suppose so. Much depends on the context, on the specific example.
I suppose that the continuous usage of the present perfect is not wrong,but rather awkward...
It's certainly less common.
Clive
So..,it is OK to use the present perfect in the headline and then it is suitable to use the simple past,right? I suppose so. Much depends on the context, on the specific example.
I suppose that the continuous usage of the present perfect is not wrong,but rather awkward...
It's certainly less common.
Clive
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