Conversation started Jul 17, 2015 at 19:27.
CopperKettle
CopperKettle
Jul 17, 2015 19:27
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Q: how to use "tense" in the following format?

nimaA. This was the first place I ever worked. B. This was the first place I have ever worked. Do you feel any difference in meaning between these? Thanks in advance

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Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Agree with the answer.
CopperKettle
CopperKettle
No difference in meaning?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Oh, I just got a new metaphor for ever/never with the past simple and the present perfect.
@CopperKettle In this one, no real difference.
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
@DamkerngT. Report soldier!
@CopperKettle Nah, I end up in a loop.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
With the past simple, it's like an open interval (-1,0).
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
Jul 17, 2015 19:29
Which means they're the same/
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
With the present perfect, it's like a closed interval (-1,0].
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
My eyes! Math everywhere!
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
(replace -1 with "some time before now")
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Hee
In the context of ever/never, the -1 may be replaced with "as far as I can remember".
 
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