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“How did you know?” vs. “how do you know?” distinction
When someone makes an assertion, the distinction between "how did you know" and "how do you know" seems to be that "how did you know" implies that the person in question is correct in their assertion. ...
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'Has found' versus 'found' [duplicate]
When would one say "she has found her keys" as opposed to "she found her keys"? Are they equivalent, or at least partially equivalent? I'm not a native speaker and have been unable to find a pattern ...
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“X is famous” vs. “X was famous” [duplicate]
When saying a sentence like:
Nikola Tesla __ famous because he was a genius.
Should the blank be replaced by is or was?
Or is it dependent on when the person is/was famous? If so, what exactly ...
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They've insist or they insisted [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do the tenses in English correspond temporally to one another?
When is the present perfect tense used instead of the past tense?
When will “Present Perfect vs. Past ...
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Difference between some sentences involving tense
What is the difference between the two sentences in each of the three cases?
1A. I should like to have sat down.
1B. I should have liked to sit down.
2A. He acts as if he knows the ...
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“Lept” vs. “leapt” vs. “leaped”
After reading this discussion, I'd like to know what example sentences distinguish the meaning of the words lept, leapt, and leaped from each other?
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“Will” vs. “going to” vs. Present Continious [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“The train will leave” vs. “is going to leave” vs. “leaves” vs. “is leaving”
Here are three sentences:
David is going ...
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Is there any difference between “has gone” and “went” in this context?
Is there any difference between these two sentences?
Mirek went to Europe on business.
Mirek has gone to Europe on business.
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What's different between the two sentences?
Hey,
I'm watching a TV show, and there's a sentence:
I knew giving you that book was gonna come back and bite me in the ass.
Can I change it to:
I know gave you that book was gonna come back ...
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Should I say 'What I wanted to say is' or 'What I wanted to say was'?
Following Martha's advice I am splitting up a question Compound sentences, the punctuation and mooore.
Let's put what I said / wrote something in the past. And now I want to elaborate some key points ...
