Timeline for Present perfect + point of time = simple past
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| Dec 25, 2015 at 14:14 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @SeemaBhukar Quite right. Simple present verbs are rare with temporal since clauses, because the "present" which the simple present designates itself usually includes any relevant past moment. | |
| Dec 25, 2015 at 14:08 | comment | added | Seema Bhukar | As per your example, I believe this sentence is also wrong: This house belongs to me since my birth. (Since my birth is a time span therefore has belonged). Please suggest. Thank you. | |
| Dec 21, 2015 at 20:16 | vote | accept | Seema Bhukar | ||
| Dec 20, 2015 at 21:54 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @Subjunctive That's fine with either past or perfect in AmE. Some BrE speakers may be a little uncomfortable with the past. | |
| Dec 20, 2015 at 21:51 | comment | added | Schwale | Having the following: I can't go out because I broke my leg. What happens there when there's no time expression, is it still incorrect? I know the perfect tense is used in my example. | |
| Dec 20, 2015 at 21:01 | history | answered | StoneyB on hiatus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |