Reply With QuoteI've seen her. Yesterday, as a matter of fact. :wink:Originally Posted by tdol
'It was' has been omitted.
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#1 06-May-2004, 02:44Yesterday
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#2 06-May-2004, 09:56Re: Yesterday
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#3 06-May-2004, 10:02You've changed the punctuation.
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#4 07-May-2004, 22:26Re: Yesterday
Is that the existential past perfect? Originally Posted by tdol
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#5 07-May-2004, 23:27Only in a diontapedal sense.
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s_e_gunerGuest#6 10-Aug-2004, 11:50
Indeed, if you use "present perfect", you simply mean that the effect of the verb is still going on. But "simple past" signifies an accomplished event, does not it?
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#7 10-Aug-2004, 14:49Welcome! :D Originally Posted by s_e_guner
Yes, that's true, but the present perfect doesn't necessarily mean, 'still on going'. It's more like the event continues up until now, the present moment, then ends or continues on. Consider,
EX: He died. (He is dead)
EX: He has died. (He is dead)
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#8 06-Oct-2008, 18:27
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I saw her yesterday
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#9 10-Nov-2008, 02:30Re: Yesterday
I saw her yesterday
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#10 10-Nov-2008, 02:37Re: Yesterday
That wasn't too tricky, was it?
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