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Old 01-Oct-2006, 01:46
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Default simple past - past perfect continuous interrogativedifferences

Hi all. I'm kinda ashamed to make such a question since I'm half American and half Italian, it took me lot of time to understand how to use in the affermative form the simple past or perfect past continuous (I think I understood the difference).
But how to use them in the interrogative form, I mean egg:
-Affermative: "I have seen this movie three times already this week" (past perfect continuos)
-Affermative: "I saw this movie last night" (simple past).
The problem is with the interrogative:
-Interrogative: "Did you see this movie already?" or should I say: "Have you seen this movie already?"
-Interrogative: "Did you see this movie already?" (simple past).
They say that you use did you + verb in American and have you + verb in English.
so let's guess I want to speak American there isn't difference even if the interrogative form is of the past perfect continuous? I use the interrogative form like that of the simple pas?
I'm glad to receive a question, thanks to all for the support.
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