ملتقى طلاب وطالبات جامعة الملك فيصل,جامعة الدمام - عرض مشاركة واحدة

P e a c e · 2012- 1- 29

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المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة *(بيبي فيس)*

I think both tenses are correct

but

it depends on the time of the action

if it has happened recently

we'll use the past simple

and if the action has happened long time ago

we'll use the present or past perfect

thank you gentlemen

Actually, the point is weathe the time is important or not
but if the action happend short time ago we say

I have just had an accident

but if the time is one of the ideas in our sentence (even if it is not mentioned) we use the other tenses

in the sentense above, the speaker's main idea is that something has happened no matter when

we can say: I had an accident. without spesifying time, only if the speaker and the listener know the time of the action

I have written a separate thread about this issue, I can give you the link if you want

It's really really nice to have these dicussions with you

Thank you gentlemanah