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  1. 03-Jun-2012, 19:29 #1
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    Default As long as

    Is it possible to use past tenses after 'as long as'?
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    Default Re: As long as

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    Yes. Example:

    He said that we were safe as long as we didn't try to run away.
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    Default Re: As long as

    As long as you haven't travelled to any African countries in the last six weeks, you can still donate blood.
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    Default Re: As long as

    Quote Originally Posted by emsr2d2 View Post
    As long as you haven't travelled to any African countries in the last six weeks, you can still donate blood.
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    Technically speaking, present perfect is not a type of past tense.
    I'm not a teacher, or a native English speaker. Feel free to edit my posts if you encounter any mistakes in them (be it grammatical or vocabular). It'll help me to improve my command of English.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CarloSsS View Post
    NOT A TEACHER

    Technically speaking, present perfect is not a type of past tense.
    I think she just misread the post.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CarloSsS View Post
    NOT A TEACHER

    Technically speaking, present perfect is not a type of past tense.
    That is debatable.
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    Default Re: As long as

    It is is not form my head. My university English teachers (I study English at The Department of Linguistics and American Studies) have been telling me for many years that present perfect is always somehow related to the present, that is why there is the word "present" in its name.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CarloSsS View Post
    It is is not form my head. My university English teachers (I study English at The Department of Linguistics and American Studies) have been telling me for many years that present perfect is always somehow related to the present, that is why there is the word "present" in its name.
    It is indeed always related to the present, it is also related to the past.
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