Query Details
| Query Subject: |
The Preterit and Present Perfect
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| Author: | Takashi Kumagai | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Morphology
Syntax |
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| Subject Language(s): |
English
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| Query: |
Dear LINGUIST Listers,
I am currently working on the present perfect and the preterit in American and British English, i.e., the preterit as the present perfect and the present perfect with past time adverbs as in the following examples: a. I just came back. b. You told me already. c. The horse’s trainer has had a winner here yesterday. This is discussed on the A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (Quirk, R. et al.:1985) and Practical English Usage (Swan, M.:1995) and others. But unfortunately, there are certain points that remain less than clear. I therefore would be very grateful if any “native speakers” could give me their acceptability judgments on the data in the questionnaire below. Please, respond to: http://www.englishcafe.jp/survey.html I’ll certainly be willing to share the results with anyone who is interested. Thank you. Takashi Kumagai. Graduate student. Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate campus. |
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| LL Issue: | 17.1993 | |
| Date posted: | 07-Jul-2006 | |
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