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LydiaSarah
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Location: Bucheon, South Korea
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 Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject: Another quick grammar question |
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What's the difference in meaning b/w:
1) She has just arrived at the airport.
2) She arrived at the airport just now.
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DrOctagon
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
Location: Chicago
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| There is no difference. |
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Thiuda
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Location: Religion ist f�r Sklaven geschaffen, f�r Wesen ohne Geist.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: Another quick grammar question |
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| LydiaSarah wrote: |
| 1) She has just arrived at the airport. |
I interpret this sentence to mean that 'she' has arrived a short time ago; with short time ago refering to a span of time dependent on the frame of reference used by the speaker. It could mean 30 minutes or six hours.
| LydiaSarah wrote: |
| 2) She arrived at the airport just now. |
The use of 'now' limits the timeframe to the immediate past. |
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LydiaSarah
Joined: 02 Jul 2008
Location: Bucheon, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the help. That's what I had come up with as well. My co-teacher in grade 2 middle school class showed me that question from the coursebook. Doesn't seem like a distinction that is very high frequency....ugh...don't get me started on coursebooks! |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| It says in the grammar books - and usage bears this out - that with the word 'just' simple past and present perfect can be used interchangeably. Call it an exception. |
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Thiuda
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Location: Religion ist f�r Sklaven geschaffen, f�r Wesen ohne Geist.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| LydiaSarah wrote: |
| Thanks for the help. That's what I had come up with as well. My co-teacher in grade 2 middle school class showed me that question from the coursebook. Doesn't seem like a distinction that is very high frequency....ugh...don't get me started on coursebooks! |
I agree. Textbooks often completely disregard context, reducing everything to grammatical distinctions. Well, I guess that's why we're around, to provide context... |
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Thiuda
Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Location: Religion ist f�r Sklaven geschaffen, f�r Wesen ohne Geist.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:08 am Post subject: |
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| Privateer wrote: |
| It says in the grammar books - and usage bears this out - that with the word 'just' simple past and present perfect can be used interchangeably. Call it an exception. |
Yes, and the examples in the OP bear this out as well, however the focus here is on the adverb 'now', not the adverb 'just', nor the verb tense. |
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Ya-ta Boy
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Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:38 am Post subject: |
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| I agree with DrOctagon: there is no difference in the way the two are commonly used. |
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