Timeline for appropriate tense for “No matter how many times ~” sentence
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| Dec 22, 2017 at 8:15 | vote | accept | an English learner | ||
| Dec 22, 2017 at 8:15 | vote | accept | an English learner | ||
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| Dec 22, 2017 at 8:15 | vote | accept | an English learner | ||
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| Dec 22, 2017 at 2:59 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/944039727564492805 | ||
| Dec 22, 2017 at 0:18 | answer | added | joiedevivre | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 21, 2017 at 22:50 | answer | added | Robusto | timeline score: 7 | |
| Dec 21, 2017 at 22:50 | comment | added | an English learner | In a question, "How many times have you seen the movie?" is correct, I suppose. Then, why in this "no matter how many times ~" sentence, is simple present usually used? I can't understand the difference. | |
| Dec 21, 2017 at 22:24 | comment | added | Michael Dorgan | For me, I would shorten I have to I've so that the v sound is soft. That way it sounds like both at once. I personally also prefer present perfect here, but both are fine. | |
| Dec 21, 2017 at 22:07 | comment | added | stangdon | A good question. To me, the simple present sounds more natural, but I think present perfect sounds OK too. But I'm not sure if there's any kind of formal rule for it. | |
| Dec 21, 2017 at 21:58 | review | First posts | |||
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| Dec 21, 2017 at 21:58 | history | asked | an English learner | CC BY-SA 3.0 |