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Forum_mail Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

why not simple past

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001. 01i00Jean 01i00______ (visit) Gracelands, the house where Elvis ______02i00 (suffer) his fatal heart attack, twice in the past few years. 02br
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02i00I don't know why but tke answer key gives "01font00has visited00" while I would say "visited" since there is "in the past few years", a closed period that belongs to the past... 02br
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002. 01i00... and during the past year over 100,000 people 01i00_____02i00 (turn up) to watch the proceedings.02br
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02i00Same thing in this one... the key says "01font00have turned up00" and I have not a slightest idea why not "turned up"02br
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  • 11i 10Jean 11i 10______ (visit) Gracelands, the house where Elvis ______12i 10 (suffer) his fatal heart attack, twice in the past few years.
  • 12br 12br 12i 10I don't know why but tke answer key gives "11font 10has visited10" while I would say "visited" since there is "in the past few years", a closed period that belongs to the past...
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01cite10Forum_mail12cite10Hello!12br
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101. 11i10Jean 11i10______ (visit) Gracelands, the house where Elvis ______12i10 (suffer) his fatal heart attack, twice in the past few years. 12br
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01font001. 02font01font01i00Jean 01i00______ (visit) Gracelands, the house where Elvis ______02i00 (suffer) his fatal heart attack, twice in the past few years. 02br
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01cite10Forum_mail12cite10Hello!12br
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101. 11i10Jean 11i10______ (visit) Gracelands, the house where Elvis ______12i10 (suffer) his fatal heart attack, twice in the past few years. 12br
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12i10I don't know why but tke answer key gives "11font
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0 The present perfect goes best with 02br
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00 [in / for / during] the [past / last] [few / several] [hours / days / weeks / ...]02i02br
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00 All such expressions represent a period of time from the past to the present.02br
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00 (Nevertheless, you'll sometimes hear the simple past in that context.)02br
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0 thank you!02br
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00and could I say "have been visiting" ? and "have been turning up" ?02br
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00sounds odd to me since it doesn't indicate a finished or completed action but assuming that they continue to visit those places... hmm... <doing some thinking> What's your opinion on that?0-
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0 01i00*has been visiting ... twice 02i00will never do!02br
00 To me, 01i00have been turning up02i00 suggests repeatedly, and I don't believe that that is plausible in this context.02br
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01. 01i00Jean 01font01del00has visited02del00 (visit)02font00 Gracelands, the house where Elvis 01font01i00_had suffer___02i00 (suffer)02font00 his fatal heart attack, twice in the past few years.02i02br
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00 why we have to say is.. if you did exams, that result with you for every. In this case we must use have or has.Here we are saying about third person so has will take place infrount of visited.02br
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00For example if you taken food... how we can discous issue.... gernely we will ask like this about third person...02br
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10Hello 12br
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10 why we have to say is.. if you did exams, that result with you for every. In this case we must use have or has.Here we are saying about third person so has will take place infrount of visited.12br
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