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Bamtori Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
You have been tricked // You were tricked.
would anyone please explain to me the use of the present perfect in this sentence, " I think you've been tricked."? Why it's not "You were tricked"?
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Both are fine. The present perfect suggests that the trickery was recent and/or that it explains or otherwise is related to the present situation.
- Both are fine.
- The present perfect suggests that the trickery was recent and/or that it explains or otherwise is related to the present situation.
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Both are fine. The present perfect suggests that the trickery was recent and/or that it explains or otherwise is related to the present situation.
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Both are fine. The present perfect suggests that the trickery was recent and/or that it explains or otherwise is related to the present situation.
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