Practical English Usage(1) 456

Practical English Usage!!

 

Don’t say it! 130 Common mistakes

35 Basic mistakes to avoid. Check in the section to see why they’re wrong,

 

Don’tsay/write(X)	say/write (o)
I have seen Louis yesterday	I saw the yesterday

 

456 - Present perfect (2) : perfect or past?

2. finished-time words : present perfect not used

->> we do not often use the present perfect with words that refer to a completely finished period of time, like yesterday, last week, then, when, three years go, in 1970. This is because the present perfect focuses on the present, and words like these focus on the past, so they contradict each other.

Have you seen Lucy anywhere?

 

in Korean

2. 지나간 시재/시간의 말은 현재완료를 쓰지 않는다.

->> 보통 어제, 지난주, 그때, 1970년에, 3년전 등등.. 완전히 지난 일에 대해서는 현재완료를 쓰지 않습니다. 위에 말은 과거의 일에 비중을 둔 것이지만, 현재완료는 현재에 초점을 맞추기 때문입니다. 그래서 지난일에 현재완료를 쓰는 것은 모순되는 말입니다.

 

>>현재완료와 현재의 차이를 설명, 어감을 알게됨.

 

For Example

: A saw Lucy yesterday ( Not I have seen Lucy yesterday)

Tom has hurt his leg; he can't walk

: Tom hurt his leg last week( Not Tom has hurt his leg last week)

What have you done with the car keys? I can't find them

: what did you do them?(Not what have you done them?)

My brother has had an accident. He's in hospital

: When did the accident happen?(Not when has the accident happened?)

All my friends have moved to london

: Eric moved three years ago(Not Eric has moved three years ago)