Questions tagged [present-perfect-vs-simple-past]
Questions about Present Perfect vs. Simple Past
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"How did you get in here? Security!" vs "How have you gotten in here? Security!" [closed]
I have been doing some exercises on Past Simple vs Present Perfect as that's the topic that gives me the most troubles... and I can't comprehend why this sentence is correct?
"How did you get in ...
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Simple past tense?
Which is grammatically correct?
You are the prettiest girl I ever saw.
or
You are the prettiest girl I have ever seen?
Apologies if this has been asked before. First time here.
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Present Simple instead of Present Perfect in colloquial speech
I was recently watching " The Last of Us" series and was pretty perplexed when Ellie asked Joel "You ever play this one?" pointing to the old Mortal Combat arcade. It was so ...
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It's About Time you Knew or It's about time you know [duplicate]
Would like to know which version is proper:
It's about time you know
It's about time you knew
Some examples:
It's about time you know about a cancer diagnosis
It's about time you knew about a ...
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I have forgotten / I forgot something [duplicate]
If I say, for example :
I have forgotten (or I forgot) my phone at your place. Can you bring it to me tomorrow ?
Which one is correct? What is the best way to say it?
For me it's "I have ...
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Why is past simple being used in these sentences instead of past perfect? [duplicate]
I'm doing an Anki Deck that consists of "Advanced English Grammar" and I don't understand why in examples below I can't use the form I'm suggesting, but instead have to use the form that is ...
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Can leveraging only tense convey that some action is no longer relevant?
There are two sentences I myself come up with:
I haven't checked my inbox for the last few days.
I didn't check my inbox for the last few days.
Is #2 grammatically correct and idiomatic? Does #2 ...
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Can we use present perfect tense with past time expressions?
Can we use the present perfect tense with past time expressions if we are not telling stories or talking about the past, but if it is important to let know that an action happened at the exact time in ...
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If she beats him he'll claim she <cheated/has cheated>
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language by H&P (Page 126) has this example of non-deictic past:
If she beats him he'll claim she cheated.
CaGEL explains this sentence as follows:
The time ...
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What is the difference between "Look who has decided to show up" and "Look who decided to show up"? [duplicate]
I always get confused between deciding whether to use present perfect or past simple with expressions like these. So how can I use them correctly?
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How to say that something happened in the past while emphasizing that it is not finished yet?
Let's say that we are in a 2-round tech-competition for which we have already entered the selected list of the first round and waiting to see the results for the 2nd round. Here I want to put the ...
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present perfect, past simple, present perfect continues
I cannot understand these.
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We didn't win our first four games, but now we are second in the league. (o)
We haven't win our first four games, but now we are second in the league. (x)
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What's the difference between simple past and present prefect? I quite have a doubt with the below statements. Do they convey the same meaning?
Do these two convey the same meaning? And if not, what's the difference?
Judy had visited Thailand in 2014
Judy visited Thailand in 2014
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What is the correct way to ask about something that happened some time ago?
When I took one test I had to choose between four options:
a) Did you hear that he has been assigned to a new project last week?
b) Have you heard that he has been assigned to a new project last week?
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Present perfect - indefinite time
I’ve a question about the use of present perfect.
I know the present perfect can be used when we want to say that something happened but we don’t know or we don’t care when.
For example:
I’ve made ...
