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(OT). Another English lesson, please? 12/12/2012, 14:19:55

Ramillies writes: Being a non-native English student, I really often have a fight with the system of English verb tenses. Could you aid me a little? The question is simple: is there a difference between simple tenses and perfect tenses? If I sort it into the chart, it will look like this: I went. I had gone. I go. I have gone. I will go. I will have gone. So I'm looking for general difference between forms on the left and forms on the right. Thanks. P. S.: I've seen many OT things here, so I presume it doesn't really matter when I join asking such questions, but if it does, sorry for that

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As best I can ... - Peter2 ( Wed 12-Dec-12 16:18:47 ) +2 Being from the U.S. and separated by a common language from the English.. - Ragwort ( Wed 12-Dec-12 21:19:14 ) +1 It's difficult to analyse your own language. - Peter2 ( Thu 13-Dec-12 09:05:41 ) Peter has demonstrated an idiom that differs between the Americans and English. - Bones ( Thu 13-Dec-12 19:25:11 ) +1 Reminds me of a cartoon I saw years ago illustrating another difference between the American and English languages - Peter2 ( Sat 15-Dec-12 05:57:43 ) +1 In 73', was on a 5 week high school tour of Europe. First stop from airport, - Ragwort ( Sat 15-Dec-12 14:26:44 ) +1 1956, school exchange with the pupils of a French school . . . - Peter2 ( Sat 15-Dec-12 16:26:19 )