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Penicillin Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

What's the correct answer here?

Hi guys

What's the correct answer?

- She _______ him before 1968
a) has seen
b) saw
c) had seen
d) seen

And why?

I'm confused between "has seen" and "had seen".
  

Top answer

Hi Penicillin I'd pick (b) saw . The present perfect doesn't work here because "before 1968" is too specific. Depending on the broader context, (c) had seen would also be justifiable.

— Yankee

  • Hi Penicillin I'd pick (b) saw .
  • The present perfect doesn't work here because "before 1968" is too specific.
  • Depending on the broader context, (c) had seen would also be justifiable.
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Hi Penicillin

I'd pick (b) saw.

The present perfect doesn't work here because "before 1968" is too specific.

Depending on the broader context, (c) had seen would also be justifiable.
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What about this one:

- Mary is waiting _________ the Queen
a) to see
b) for seeing
c) for to see
d) at see

I think it's "to see", isn't it?
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YankeeHi Penicillin

I'd pick (b) saw.

The present perfect doesn't work here because "before 1968" is too specific.

Depending on the broader context, (c) had seen would also be justifiable.
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So why "I have come before you" is correct and "She has seen him before 1968" is not?
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PenicillinSo why "I have come before you" is correct and "She has seen him before 1968" is not?
Which definition of "before" are you using?
If before means standing in front of, as when one stands before a judge in court, then before is not temporal but spatial in nature, and the sentence is fine.
I have come before you to announce th
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