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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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You did good things in ur life
which sentence should I use of the following to express what has been done in my life
1-you did good things in ur life
or
2- you have done good things in ur life
as I know, I should use the present perfect to express things that happend in times which aren't mentioned in the sentence, but I once Heared someone who was using the first sentence and I got confused then. so please tell me what should I say in such situation? and plz tell me why should I use it?
thank you
1-you did good things in ur life
or
2- you have done good things in ur life
as I know, I should use the present perfect to express things that happend in times which aren't mentioned in the sentence, but I once Heared someone who was using the first sentence and I got confused then. so please tell me what should I say in such situation? and plz tell me why should I use it?
thank you
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Hi, which sentence should I use of the following to express what has been done in a person's my li fe 1-you did good things in ur life This does not stress that those things are important now, in the present. eg Maybe the person has died? or 2- you have done good things in ur life This version is better.
- Hi, which sentence should I use of the following to express what has been done in a person's my li fe 1-you did good things in ur life This does not stress that those things are important now, in the present.
- eg Maybe the person has died?
- or 2- you have done good things in ur life This version is better.
- This stresses that those things are important now in some way.
- as I know, I should use the present perfect to express things that happend in times which aren't mentioned in the sentence, but I once Heared someone who was using the first sentence and I got confused then.
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Hi,
which sentence should I use of the following to express what has been done in a person'smy life
1-you did good things in ur life This does not stress that those things are important now, in the present. eg Maybe the person has died?
or
which sentence should I use of the following to express what has been done in a person's
1-you did good things in ur life This does not stress that those things are important now, in the present. eg Maybe the person has died?
or
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You can use the simple past 'did' in a context in which the person named here 'you' is, for example, a retired one, who had been active for some time in the past but not any longer. The person's period of the activity is closed, in the bygone time. On the other hand, if the person in question ('you') is still active and working for good causes, then the present perfect 'have done' correctly descr
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