Homework Help: English

Posted by rfvv on Friday, August 20, 2010 at 7:48pm.

1. I have seen the book you were reading.

2. I saw the book you were reading.

(What is thedifference between them?)

English - Ms. Sue, Friday, August 20, 2010 at 9:21pm
Actually, there's very little difference between these two sentences.

This site explains the past perfect tense you used in the first sentence.

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/pperf.htm
English - E.G., Friday, August 20, 2010 at 9:28pm
Ms.Sue, did you not mean the present perfect tense?
Wouldn't the past perfect tense be:
"I had seen the book you were reading"?
English - bobpursley, Friday, August 20, 2010 at 9:34pm
EG, correct.
English - Ms. Sue, Friday, August 20, 2010 at 9:38pm
Ooops! Sorry. Thanks for catching my booboo, E.G. and Bob.
English - E.G., Friday, August 20, 2010 at 11:49pm
You're welcome Ms. Sue - errare humanum est.

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