captain1
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Hello, I saw this on BBC:
At least 90 people have died
Landslide at jade mine in northern Myanmar
What is the reason for not writing it in the Past Simple tense?
"At least 90 people died"
1)People may say "because the mention to connect it to the future" - But what is the meaning of connecting the event to the future in this case?
2)Why not to write it in the Past Simple? after all, the event was in specific time - we know when the landslide was- today. After all, the definition of the Past Simple that is: Action completed at specific time.
Thanks.
At least 90 people have died
Landslide at jade mine in northern Myanmar
What is the reason for not writing it in the Past Simple tense?
"At least 90 people died"
1)People may say "because the mention to connect it to the future" - But what is the meaning of connecting the event to the future in this case?
2)Why not to write it in the Past Simple? after all, the event was in specific time - we know when the landslide was- today. After all, the definition of the Past Simple that is: Action completed at specific time.
Thanks.
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