Learners may use the past simple to make any reference to past time.

[Winwin2011]

I read the following from a book:

Learners may use the past simple to make any reference to past time.

e.g * Yesterday I got up early because I went to the antiques market. When i got to the market it already opened.


Could anybody tell me what the mistake is in the above example, please?

Thanks.

 

[Barb_D]

Aside from the lower-case "i" when it needs to be "I"?

Look at the tense of the second sentence. The word "already" suggests a different tense is needed.

 

[Winwin2011]

Aside from the lower-case "i" when it needs to be "I"?

Look at the tense of the second sentence. The word "already" suggests a different tense is needed.

Thanks, Barb_D.

Do you mean the sentence should be 'When I got to the market it had already opened'?

 

[Barb_D]

Thanks, Barb_D.

Do you mean the sentence should be 'When I got to the market it had already opened'?

:up:

 

[emsr2d2]

The statement "Learners may use the past simple to make reference to any past time" is very misleading. It is true that learners might do that, ie you will hear them doing it. That doesn't make it right. Saying "may" suggests that it is correct, acceptable English. It is not.