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Now you seemed to agree to such a rule, quoted from The Linguistics Department of Stanford University: The present perfect is not compatible with adverbials denoting a specific past time. |
Not 'seemed', do. I have always agreed with it, and, moreover, am somewhat at a loss as to why you have assumed I wouldn't.
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But the quotations such as this have been repudiated by us, for quite some time now.
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With all due respect, I am not familiar with 'us', their reputations or their repudiations.
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Do you now want to go back from the beginning, and agree to the "golden rule":
NOTE: We do NOT use specific time expressions with the Present Perfect. We cannot say, for example, "I have eaten spaghetti yesterday." http://conversa1.com/presentperfectpastsimple.htm
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You've me confused with another postee, I believe. The above
description holds true. I've never argued otherwise.
Shun:
Again. I agree with the description.
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Is that what you wanted to say? If not, how can we depend on a wrong rule to support our discussion?
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All of the descriptions hold true for me. :D