Oceanlike
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- Nov 15, 2014
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- Native Language
- Chinese
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- Singapore
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- Singapore
I don’t know what is the difference between these two sentences.
1) Present perfect: It is the speaker’s voice, not his ideas, that has caused the audience to sit up and listen.
2) Simple past: It is the speaker’s voice, not his ideas, that caused the audience to sit up and listen.
This is a grammar test that I did. The correct answer is ‘has caused’. Why is the second sentence incorrect?
Thank you for teaching me :-D
1) Present perfect: It is the speaker’s voice, not his ideas, that has caused the audience to sit up and listen.
2) Simple past: It is the speaker’s voice, not his ideas, that caused the audience to sit up and listen.
This is a grammar test that I did. The correct answer is ‘has caused’. Why is the second sentence incorrect?
Thank you for teaching me :-D