Past Simple or Present Perfect?
I have a problem using those tenses in practice, or even analysing them in books or movies.
For example : A character says "I opened the doors" (well the doors are opened so he and his friends see that they are opened)
But it should be used Present Perfect so the correct answear is "I've opened the doors" (result they are opened)
Next example can be "I bought a car" - He is with his friends but they result is that he still has this car but he used "bought" in Past Simple tense
But he could also use "I've bought a new car" same thing ... So what should a do about that ?
past-tense present-perfect
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I have a problem using those tenses in practice, or even analysing them in books or movies.
For example : A character says "I opened the doors" (well the doors are opened so he and his friends see that they are opened)
But it should be used Present Perfect so the correct answear is "I've opened the doors" (result they are opened)
Next example can be "I bought a car" - He is with his friends but they result is that he still has this car but he used "bought" in Past Simple tense
But he could also use "I've bought a new car" same thing ... So what should a do about that ?
past-tense present-perfect
asked 11 mins ago
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I have a problem using those tenses in practice, or even analysing them in books or movies.
For example : A character says "I opened the doors" (well the doors are opened so he and his friends see that they are opened)
But it should be used Present Perfect so the correct answear is "I've opened the doors" (result they are opened)
Next example can be "I bought a car" - He is with his friends but they result is that he still has this car but he used "bought" in Past Simple tense
But he could also use "I've bought a new car" same thing ... So what should a do about that ?
past-tense present-perfect
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I have a problem using those tenses in practice, or even analysing them in books or movies.
For example : A character says "I opened the doors" (well the doors are opened so he and his friends see that they are opened)
But it should be used Present Perfect so the correct answear is "I've opened the doors" (result they are opened)
Next example can be "I bought a car" - He is with his friends but they result is that he still has this car but he used "bought" in Past Simple tense
But he could also use "I've bought a new car" same thing ... So what should a do about that ?
past-tense present-perfect
past-tense present-perfect
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