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The Preterit and the Present Perfect
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| Author: | Takashi Kumagai | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Syntax
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| Summary: |
Regarding query : in LINGUIST Issue: Vol-17-1993
Thank you for all the replies to my query regarding The present perfect as the preterit and the present perfect with past time adverbials. The results (preliminary stages): -These are the sentences classified under adverbials with mean. (AE = American English, Total = American English and Others.) -The replies are 28 in AE and 15 in others including 5 in British English. The replies of British English are only 5 which are fewer than I thought. At present I include them in others. -Questionnire constructs 23 questions with ���Good���, ���?���, ���??���, ���?*���, ���*���. I temporarily replace them with numeric. Good=5, ?=4, ??=3, ?*=2, *=1. Already 1. She already finished the work.���AE:4.75 ,Total:4.37��� 8. Ellen already heard the news. ���AE:4.68 ,Total:4.30��� 14. Rainy wrote the memo already, and it is on your desk. ���AE:4.61 ,Total:4.09��� 21. Nash was already approached by several pro football teams. ���AE:3.89 ,Total:3.60��� Just 2. She just left the office. ���AE:4.86 ,Total:4.67��� 10. He just read all the reports. ���AE:4.82 ,Total:4.70��� 15. The department just mailed out 300,000 notices. ���AE:4.93 ,Total:4.77��� 19. I just went to Tokyo Station to see him off. ���AE:4.79 ,Total:4.63��� Recently 5. I didn't see much of you recently. ���AE:2.36 ,Total:2.23��� 13. She recently joined the staff of the hotel. ���AE:4.86 ,Total:4.74��� 17. Salmon populations were severely depleted recently. ���AE:4.71 ,Total:4.49��� 23. Oil imports rose recently. ���AE:4.96 ,Total:4.67��� Yet 4. We didn't yet receive a clear refusal of our offer. ���AE:3.79 ,Total:3.51��� 7. To my knowledge she didn't leave yet. ���AE:3.82 ,Total:3.28��� 11. If you didn't send in your payment yet, please do so immediately. ���AE: 4.07,Total:3.67��� 18. The data wasn't yet interpreted. ���AE:3.79 ,Total:3.56��� Past time adverbials 3. I have seen John yesterday. ���AE:1.96 ,Total:1.98��� 6. Long ago I've given up that idea. ���AE:2.18 ,Total:1.95��� 9. He has left a few minutes ago. ���AE:2.18 ,Total:2.14��� 12. I have seen him ages ago. ���AE:1.79 ,Total:1.77��� 16. That problem has been solved long ago. ���AE:2.89 ,Total:2.81��� 20. I have seen Mary last night. ���AE:1.89 ,Total:1.88��� 22. I've just now received word that they've arrived safely. ���AE:4.82 ,Total:4.72��� *** I can make it available upon query in the form of a primitive excel sheet. Please tell your e-mail address to: excel@englishcafe.jp And I continue these studies and I need more replies, especially British English to compare it with AE. I would appreciate it if new repliers could post to my query. My query : http://www.englishcafe.jp/survey.html Thanks again, Takashi Kumagai. Hokkaido University of Education, Hakodate campus. |
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| LL Issue: | 17.2201 | |
| Date Posted: | 31-Jul-2006 | |
| Original Query: | Read original query | |
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