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Nkspb Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Why is Present Perfect used when talking of the past?
Hello everybody! Help me, please.
Here is a sentence:
I stood petrified as the most enormous dog I've ever seen came bounding up to me.
I doubt whether this usage is correct. I expected Past Perfect/Simple, because we are talking about the past (according to the sequence of tenses).
Why is Present Perfect used here? Thanks.
Here is a sentence:
I stood petrified as the most enormous dog I've ever seen came bounding up to me.
I doubt whether this usage is correct. I expected Past Perfect/Simple, because we are talking about the past (according to the sequence of tenses).
Why is Present Perfect used here? Thanks.
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nkspb Why is the p resent p erfect used here? Thanks. I see your point.
- nkspb Why is the p resent p erfect used here?
- Thanks.
- I see your point.
- I suppose you can think of the part in bold as a present (rather than a past) comment.
- In other words, that dog is still the biggest the speaker has ever seen.
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nkspbWhy is the present perfect used here? Thanks.I see your point. I suppose you can think of the part in bold as a present (rather than a past) comment. In other words, that dog is still the biggest the speaker has ever seen.
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