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With so many past tense forms in English, knowing which words correspond with each can feel confusing. When using the past perfect tense, you know that something happened in the past, but can you add adverbs of time to your sentence, too? You can use “yesterday” with the past perfect tense. The past perfect tense …

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The present perfect tense is contradictory by nature. It uses present tenses to indicate something is happening at the moment. But, it also uses past participles, which shift events to a time frame that has passed.  We call it the present perfect tense because it uses present verb tenses, specifically “has” or “have,” depending on …

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“Not yet” is a motto for procrastinators all over the world. You know you’re supposed to finish something, but when someone asks you about it, your response is always, “Not yet.” “Not yet” is correct. It functions as a stand-alone phrase or a short sentence. By itself, “yet not” cannot function as a grammatically correct …

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Most are familiar with past, present, and future tenses. But outside of school, we stop consciously thinking about the effect of simple, continuous, and perfect forms, especially in our writing, which can make knowing which tense to use a little bit tricky.  Contrary to popular belief, past perfect tense can stand alone without another clause. …

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The Backstreet Boys told us, “What makes you different, makes you beautiful.” Christina Aguilera said, “You are beautiful, no matter what they say.” With so much positivity, can anyone be absolutely beautiful? It is correct to say “absolutely beautiful.” The adverb “absolutely” means completely and totally. “Beautiful” is an adjective that refers to someone very …

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Most of us understand the basics of past, present, and future tense. Tenses help show when an event took place. And sometimes, you may need to use more than one tense in a single sentence.  Present perfect tense and past perfect tense can be used in the same sentence. Present perfect indicates something that happened …

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