[Grammar] Now I know/knew/have known

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kadioguy

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This grammar is a question to me this morning.

Now is the afternoon.
This grammar is no longer a question to me.
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Which tense should I say?

1. Now I know this grammar.
2. Now I knew this grammar.
3. Now I have known this grammar.

Or are all of them acceptable?

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This grammar is a question to me this morning. :cross:
I'm having some problems with this grammar point this morning.


Now is the afternoon. :cross:
Now it is the afternoon.

This grammar is no longer a question to me. :cross:
I no longer have problems with this grammar point.

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Which tense should I [STRIKE]say[/STRIKE] use?

1. Now I know this grammar. :cross:
2. Now I knew this grammar. :cross:
3. Now I have known this grammar. :cross:

None of them is correct. The present tense is appropriate but say "Now I understand this grammar point".


Or are all of them acceptable? No.

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How about Now I understood this grammar point or Now I have understood this grammar point?

Are both of them acceptable?

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No.

Ems told you what is acceptable.
 
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