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Present simple/help
Message from pramee posted on 24-03-2013 at 19:04:17 (D | E | F)
Hello,

Could you help me please?
Mary visits /visited her mom every day in 1980.
...visits or visited? which one is correct?
If the answer is visited can you explain why?
Thank you for your answers.

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Edited by lucile83 on 24-03-2013 19:08

Re: Present simple/help from lucile83, posted on 24-03-2013 at 19:13:13 (D | E)
Hello,

Mary visited her mom every day in 1980.
We have to use the past simple (visited) because the action happened in 1980; it happened in the past and it is dated.
Hope that helps.

Re: Present simple/help from djohrahocine, posted on 24-03-2013 at 20:44:25 (D | E)
Hello,
As Lucile has already said, according to your sentence,you have to use the simple past because the action is finished and dated in the past(in 1980).
Evey day in 1980=habit in the past.
Mary visits her mom every day.=here you have to use the simple present tense=habit in the present tense.
There are many interesting lessons and exercises on this website about the past simple and the present tense,it's important to learn them correctly.
Kind regards.

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Edited by djohrahocine on 24-03-2013 20:52

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