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'Simple past' with unfinished period of time 'this week'
I've read that 'present perfect' is used with 'this week' mostly, as it's an unfinished time period. For example..
I've had Chinese food this week.
But if we add the adverb 'thrice' in the sentence, ...
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past or future: later today
Can the phrase "later today" refer to the past as follows?
A: When did you give John the document?
B: Later today.
I'd appreciate your help.
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How long vs. How much time
Yesterday, I bumped into a friend of mine. While conversing, he told me that he goes to a center. Then I asked him which center do you go? (to. Should I add "to" or not?) then he told me the name of ...
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How to describe sequence in the past?
I can't describe it well so I'm going to tell you a sequence so that you can understand me and complete this sequence:
Next bill --> current bill --> the last/previous bill --> the bill before
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During that time I saw or I have seen
I (see) ___________ Judy for more than five years and during that time I _______ (see) many changes in her personality.
My solution was
I have been seeing Judy for more than five years and ...
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'All week, all the time, all day' time markers
I have locked up the internet to find an answer to my question by unfortunately I did not find a clear answer.
So my question is: Are these time markers used for particular tenses (e.g: Past ...
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A question from test: choose one of then, since, after, that
Here is a question from a test:
It was only ten years ago ... she started her new job
then
since
after
that
As far as I remember, the correct answer is "that" (fourth one), but I ...
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