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The Acoma and Hopi are probably the two

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RonPurewal
 Post subject: Re: The Acoma and Hopi are probably the two
 Post Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:23 am 
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namnam123 wrote:
RON,
present perfect makes us troubles on GMAT. Ron, could you please tell us all the cases you know, in which present perfect is used. Pls, give us example for each case.


this is an unfairly general question. (it's also an impossible question for me to answer, as i don't have this sort of thing memorized; neither would any other native speaker.)

fortunately -- as in the case of any other extremely general question -- you can get answers quickly and easily by just googling.

just google "english present perfect" and start reading the top hits.

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waiting for you, Ron.


i'll thank you not to make comments like this -- comments that come off as rude or demanding.
(if that wasn't your intention, then, ok -- but the surrounding etiquette is still an important lesson to learn, especially for someone who presumably wants to go into business in an english-speaking country. this comment does look like an impatient demand: "i'm waiting for you...")
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RonPurewal
 Post subject: Re: The Acoma and Hopi are probably the two
 Post Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:27 am 
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here's a post i wrote on the general mindset behind perfect tenses:
post58397.html#p58397
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thanghnvn
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 Post Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:06 am 
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Thank you Ron. This is very tough question becaue "date" inhere makes sense only in the present tense as you said.

But I have another question.

in A, the correct choice, "both dating..." is absolute phrase, a phrase which contains a noun and its modifier.

What is the meaning (semantic) relation between main clause and the absolute phrase? inhere the relation is that the absolute phrase modifying the main clause. But in the following

his hand crippled, he is still go forward.

the relation is that the absolute phrase provides context of main clause.

Is both correct? Is it right that the meaning relation between the absolute phrase and the main clause is versatile?
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RonPurewal
 Post subject: Re: The Acoma and Hopi are probably the two
 Post Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:43 pm 
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thanghnvn wrote:
in A, the correct choice, "both dating..." is absolute phrase, a phrase which contains a noun and its modifier.

What is the meaning (semantic) relation between main clause and the absolute phrase? inhere the relation is that the absolute phrase modifying the main clause. But in the following

his hand crippled, he is still go forward.

the relation is that the absolute phrase provides context of main clause.


"providing the context of the main clause" is just one particular form of "modifying the main clause", so i'm not seeing the distinction you are trying to make here.

also, "he is still go" is not a valid construction. that's a much more fundamental issue -- you're making up verb tenses that don't exist ("is go").
if you don't yet have a command of how to form basic english verbs (NOT the subtle differences between the tenses -- just how to form the basic tenses), then you should definitely get that figured out before you start considering modifiers and such things.
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