Which tense to use with how many times
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Which tense should I use with 'how many times', questions and non questions. Not giving any example sentences, coz I don't want to mess you up, there my be nuances.
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How many times has he lied to us? (Present perfect, question) I can't tell you how many times he has lied to us. ) How many times is the start of a question, not a statement.
- How many times has he lied to us?
- (Present perfect, question) I can't tell you how many times he has lied to us.
- ) How many times is the start of a question, not a statement.
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How many times has he lied to us? (Present perfect, question)
I can't tell you how many times he has lied to us. (present perfect, indirect question.)
How many times is the start of a question, not a statement.
0How about past simple? You can hear sometimes people use it for 'how many times'.
Or just counting times, like 'I hit bull's eye 7 times!' or 'it was three times in a row'
0No they don't, but I thought of a broader context of amount of times management. I'm not a native English speaker, so my natural language sense makes me say things like 'I hit the bull's eye 7 times' instead of using present perfect on it. But the internet doesn't seem to like my taste, or maybe I'm completely off the point.
Thank you though.
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