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This tag is for questions about tense, or location in time by grammatical forms and constructions rather than by semantics.
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having cleaned/ cleaning
I have finished cleaning the floor and my friend tell me:
Thank you for cleaning the floor
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Thank you for having cleaned the floor
I would use the second sentence because the cleaning is fin …
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Why is it correct to use the past simple "she did it" instead of the past perfect?
At the end of a movie, the main character kills the mean people and another person replies "she did it".
Why did he use past simple? I would have used "she has done it* because the action is important …
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