| Re: Help with these sentences |
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| Douglas Sederberg (vornoffREMOVE@sonic.net) |
2004/10/03 12:54 |
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Try this:
In English the simple past tense is used more often than the present
perfect. The present perfect tense is used when the action has happened
very close to the current moment.
What time did you get up this morning?
This sentence in Spanish would be in the Present Perfect tense.
In article <cjmtjn$sf9$1@nsnmpen3-gest.nuria.telefonica-data.net>,
migmam <migmam2@nospam.com> wrote:
> Hi all.
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> Have I written this sentences well?
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> In English we use more often past simple than present perfect. Present
> Perfect is used when the action have happened very close to the current
> moment.
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> What time did you get up this morning?
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> This sentence in Spanish will be in Present Perfect tense.
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> Thanks for your help,
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> Miguel Angel
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