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I'm doing a grammar exercise about the present perfect and simple past.
Example from Ch.20:
We lived in Glasgow for six years, but now we live in Singapore.
(Essential Grammar in Use 3rd edition by Raymond Murphy)
I always thought that when we used "for", we needed to use the present perfect or past perfect. For example, "We had lived in Glasgow for six years, but now we live in Singapore. In what situation should we use the simple past with "for"?
Example from Ch.20:
We lived in Glasgow for six years, but now we live in Singapore.
(Essential Grammar in Use 3rd edition by Raymond Murphy)
I always thought that when we used "for", we needed to use the present perfect or past perfect. For example, "We had lived in Glasgow for six years, but now we live in Singapore. In what situation should we use the simple past with "for"?