Topic: The English Language thread

[[MAF]Cthulhu]

lol

[[MAF]Sighmoan]

Need some help  


This is the second cup of coffee Daniel ____ this morning.

a) drinks
b) is drinking
c) has drunk

If you held up an empty cup it would be c) If the cup still have some coffee in it, it would be b)

b) is present tense
c) is past tense

[[UK]SheepFucka]

ah now i know why i failed at english.. i woulda said drank :|

[[FSR]Ush]

ah now i know why i failed at english.. i woulda said drank :|

lool I only drink beer in the morning

[[MAF]Sighmoan]

ah now i know why i failed at english.. i woulda said drank :|

Using drank would be fine too. You have to love the weird nuances of the english language.

[[MAF]mooman]

Need some help 


This is the second cup of coffee Daniel ____ this morning.

a) drinks
b) is drinking
c) has drunk

If you held up an empty cup it would be c) If the cup still have some coffee in it, it would be b)

b) is present tense
c) is past tense

c) isn't past tense, it's present perfect.
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepast.html

[[FSR]Ush]

Simon is the past perfect 

[[MAF]Snoopy]

c) has drunk

so was I actually correct with that?

[[MAF]mooman]

yep

[ﱡ קּﻰﺢ Love]

Even UK people have confusions with language.

[Peeps-101]

There ain't no such thing as past perfect lol

[[MAF]mooman]

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html
sorry thuglife

[Peeps-101]

Yeah, what a shame! Im kinda feelin... abnormal atm lol. (I was about to delete that post anyway but u were too fast xD)

[[MAF]Cthulhu]

wtf lol, past perfect, never heard of it

[[2F2F]SNiKeRiS]

I bet you haven't heard about past perfect continuous and future pefrect continuouse too ?