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Originally Posted by albertino  Well, in fact there are differences in the usage of the past and the perfect tense. If not, why should we have such distinctions?
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I think that's a very questionable thing to say. The fact is that sometimes perfect tense is the only good way to express a meaning, but often it is only one way to express it.
Again, this is one of the differences between British and North American English. More comments later....