first time I have done sth

[2006]

Originally Posted by philo2009

1. Bre requires the present perfect in the clausal construction, as has already been noted a number of times.
we are not talking only about british english here! and british english is not the 'bible' of english.
2. at no time did i suggest that a simple present tense clausal construction, of the type that you propose, was an option in any variety of standard english.
i doubt that you are an expert on all varieties of english. And anyone who thinks that "it'll be the first time i visit the eiffel tower." is bad english conclusively demonstrates that (s)he has limited knowledge of the language. If you actually knew what you were talking about, you would be able to tell me what is supposedly wrong with the above sentence. Saying that "british english requires..." is no answer.

3. The very fact that you would suggest such, combined with grammatical errors in your post, lead me to infer that you are in fact not - despite your claim to be such - a native speaker of english and are therefore not competent to offer advice on this forum. this statement again shows that you know much less about english than you think you do.

i have nothing more to say to you. the feeling is mutual!

2006

[svartnik]

Originally Posted by philo2009

"you are in fact not ... a native speaker of English and are therefore not competent to offer advice on this forum.

Philo, think this over again.

[philo2009]

Originally Posted by 2006

2006

Ditto previous post.

[philo2009]

Originally Posted by svartnik

Philo, think this over again.

Oh, very well, Svartnik - point taken! I'm prepared to rescind the "therefore", if only out of respect for those non-native contributors such as yourself who, although their conclusions may on occasion be flawed, do at least demonstrate themselves capable of arguing their cases in grammatically and orthographically correct English, a fundamental prerequisite - or so one would hope - for any person presuming to set him-/herself up as an authority in a forum such as this on the English language.

My objections to the individual in question remain unaltered.

EOC

[MrPedantic]

Try not to knock each other about too much, people.

It makes things very awkward (and needlessly time-consuming) for ESL students.

Best wishes,

MrP