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A concept of time
<<Now you distort my words. Not that any result should be expressed in the Present Perfect but rather a an action the result whereof seems actual and important to the speaker in some regard.>>
Your wordings here are bad enough, and don't need anyone to distort.
«Since tense is used to express Time, then tense is used to express part of meaning. Do you agree?»
Yes. And... «Your wordings here are bad enough, and don't need anyone to distort.» If don't understand just tell. If you want to correct me then do it.
Ant_222 wrote:
<<It's right here: Ex:Hemel Hempstead, England - Firefighters USED chemical foam to extinguish part of the inferno raging Monday after explosions at a fuel depot north of London, [[[[while]]]] a huge oily smoke cloud from the blaze DRIFTED OVER northern France and HEADED TOWARD Spain. By the way, you "fail" too often.>> My reply: It is hard to accept that. You talked about 'while' with an example, but forgot to post the example. When I asked, you said I "fail". Are you sure this is the way you want to discuss?
«Your wordings here are bad enough, and don't need anyone to distort.»
And why do you ignore the main subject? I have told you the word you distorted and what I actually meant.
«But "current opinion" can also apply to SAID, as you agree here. What then is the difference?»
Ant_222 wrote: "SAID" means it was his current opinion yesterday, irregardless of today! My reply: You finally see that!!
«It is hard to accept that. You talked about 'while' with an example, but forgot to post the example.»
I am not going to post that example every time I mention it. I am not you.
«You finally see that!!»
Ant_222 wrote: <<I have thought so since the very beginning.>> My reply: It seems that I have even learned the Perfect Time from you.
Ant_222 wrote:
<<Tense-wise connection are connectionse by means of tense, connections between tenses, if you want.>> My reply: Do you mean tense can do connection? I don't believe that. Would you tell me more about that?
«It is hard to accept that. You talked about 'while' with an example, but forgot to post the example.»
Ant_222 wrote: I am not going to post that example every time I mention it. I am not you. My reply: Remember and please remember you have said this. Next time I will not repeat an example, just like you do.
Ant_222 wrote:
<<I have thought so since the very beginning.>> My reply: I want to know if you have SAID so?
«It seems that I have even learned the Perfect Time from you.»
Ironical here? «My reply: Do you mean tense can do connection? I don't believe that. Would you tell me more about that?» No, it's just that in a paragraph of sentences some tenses may BE connected. I didn't say they can DO something... «Remember and please remember you have said this. Next time I will not repeat an example, just like you do.» And will always clearly say what example you're talking about, just like I have done so far? «<<I have thought so since the very beginning.>> My reply: I want to know if you have SAID so?» Yes, I have. And I never said the opposite.
<<And will always clearly say what example you're talking about, just like I have done so far?>>
My reply: When you said the following, where was your example? <<The other Past Simple verbs are due to the "while". Therefore, they don't imply fire has ended.>>
<<Yes, I have. And I never said the opposite.>>
Where is the example this time? |