Correct the sentence.
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1) I was born on the same day as you (were?). Both versions are correct.
2) I was born on the same day with you. Only if your mothers were in the same delivery room at the time of your births.
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2) I was born on the same day with you. Only if your mothers were in the same delivery room at the time of your births.
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Correct the sentence please:
Don't ask yourself what your country has done (or did?) for you, ask yourself what you have done (or did?) for your country.
Don't ask yourself what your country has done (or did?) for you, ask yourself what you have done (or did?) for your country.
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Thank you! If it is not hard for you, can you explain the use of Present Perfect? I can't explain it, but I feel that PP is correct.
Thank you! If it is not hard for you, can you explain the use of Present Perfect? I can't explain it, but I feel that PP is correct.
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What has it done -- up to this point in time, with the possibiity of more to come.
What it did -- firmly in the past.
Actually, isn't the original "... what you CAN do..."?
What it did -- firmly in the past.
Actually, isn't the original "... what you CAN do..."?
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I wondered about the changes that had been made to the original. If it was just an exercise in tenses but if was meant to be the actual quote, then it should indeed read:
Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.
Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.
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Thank you very much!
Yes, it sounds better with CAN, but I think it can also be used with PP in some situations;-)
Do you know where this quote is from?
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Thank you very much!
Yes, it sounds better with CAN, but I think it can also be used with PP in some situations;-)
Do you know where this quote is from?
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A very famous speech by John F Kennedy, former President of the USA. The whole speech can be found HERE
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The meaning changes entirely when you change it from "can" to "had/have done."
One says to look backwards and think about about what you have contributed compared to what your country has done for you. The other challenges you to think about your future.
One says to look backwards and think about about what you have contributed compared to what your country has done for you. The other challenges you to think about your future.
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