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For questions about use of the present perfect, a verb construction which implies a present state arising out of a past eventuality.
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Can I mix in a same sentence present perfect and past simple
Can I mix in a same sentence present perfect and past simple?
Like: "I have just seen a man, he was fixing his car"
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My train has been delayed
To my friend at night, is it correct to say:
"Sorry, I am late because my train has been delayed"
Indeed, this is still relevant to the present because I am late currently.
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have you subscribed [yet, already]
I told my brother to subscribe a sport. And, I am still waiting for his reply. And if I want to know whether he has subscribed or not; I can tell him:
Have you subscribed it yet?
Have you already su …
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have you been refused , is it correct? [closed]
If my friend have passed an exam and now she is receiving the results, should I say:
Have you been refused somewhere?
Indeed, before the exam she had ranked schools for the next year. And now with the …
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can I use have seen in this sentence
Can I say if I'm talking on the phone while I am walking around, and I saw a flower few minutes ago.
I have seen a flower, it's weird because it's not the season.
Should I use "just"?
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present perfect have forgotten/ forgot
It's night and I haven't cleaned my clothes.
Should I say:
Oh, I have forgotten to clean my clothes and I will have to do that tomorrow!
Is it good? Or I should use the past simple ("I forgot to cle …
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have you talked/ did you [duplicate]
When I ask a question "did you" it refers always to a specific moment I have in mind and "have you" refers to something up to now.
Like:
Have you talked to him?
This question is asked if we want to …
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I have enjoyed because it was well sung / has been well sung
I have just heard a singer singing a song.
Can I say to a person:
I have really enjoyed the sing because the music was well sung / has been well sung
I do not know because the song sung is relevant …
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The country has been physically invaded a few times, why the use of this tense?
There is this sentence in Wikipedia's Invasion of the United States:
The country has been physically invaded a few times
I do not understand the use of present perfect. Indeed, I guess that this sen …
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didn't work/ hasn't worked
I want to print something but the printer does not work
Should I say after some attempts : why it didn't work? or what it has not worked?
To me there are the same and have the same meaning but the pas …
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what did you do / have you done; in this context
My dad lent me his car but I did something stupid with; I scratched the car (not very much). After I came back home and because I did something bad to his car I was acting very kindly with him. He loo …
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present simple + present perfect/ past simple
I made an exam 2 months ago, and now I am saying:
"I think that I have suceeded the exam or I think I succeed the exam"
According to me, the PP is better because the past action is relevant in the pre …
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