[CLUE-Talk] English language

[Chris Wiegand]

The "I drove" is usually used when denoting an action that occured previous to, or in connection to, another phrase/sentence that was formed using the "I have driven" verison. That's my understanding of the two, being a native English speaker.

As far as I know, you can say "I did a lot of work". That's common usage, anyways. 

Example:

I've (I have) been to Germany. They drove me nuts with their beers!

Greg has gone skating dozens of time. Once, he fell and broke his hip.


-----Original Message-----
From: Marcin [mailto:marbej at wp.pl]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 9:55
To: CLUE_Talk
Subject: [CLUE-Talk] English language



Hi,

This time I want ask you about another language - English language ;-)

Not really I don't know when I can use Past Simple Tense and Present
Perfect Tense.
For example, when I should say "I have driven" and when "I drove" Both
mean the same for me ;-)
And why I can't say "I did a lot of work" , why the correct is "I have
done a lot of work" ?
In Polish language we've got only 3 tenses: present, past and future.

--
Greetings from Poland,
Marcin Betlej
e-mail: marbej at wp.pl

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