No. Given that I have said no, what do you think the difference might be?Hello!
Could we use the Present Perfect and the Past Simple interchangeably, in this sentence? :
"Most people have left/left the village".
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They are both correct but they have different meanings.I would go with the Present Perfect, am I right?
They are both correct but they have different meanings.
"Most people left the village after the flood" refers to a past event. "Most people have left the village since the flood" means that the situation is ongoing maybe more will leave, maybe not.Present Perfect: More people are going to leave the village, the 'exodus' isn't finished.
Past simple: There are only a few people left in the village. They don't intend to leave.We can consider the "exodus" is finished.
:shock: Am I right?
"Most people left the village after the flood" refers to a past event. "Most people have left the village since the flood" means that the situation is ongoing maybe more will leave, maybe not.
It sounds a bit odd without putting it into some kind of context, for example, "Most people left the village yesterday/after the flood/etc."Thank you. And if we don't give any time reference, is the sentence "most people left the village" correct?
Understood.
However, if we say "most people have left the village", without giving more details, it's correct, isn't it?
Yes, it is.Understood.
However, if we say "most people have left the village", without giving more details, it's correct, isn't it?