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Alfredo
What is the difference between the following sentences?
He is established
He has established
When do we use the first structure,, verb to be plus past tense and with which verbs we use it?
What is the meaning of the first sentence? to me the two sentences have the same meaning
Thank a lot
11 gen 2015 18:07
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The two sentences have different meanings. These examples could help:
a) He is now very well established in his area as a high-quality baker and sells a lot of cakes.
b) He established his bakery business 10 years ago and it is now very successful.
In a) "established" in an adjective meaning rooted, secure, permanent.
In b) "established" is the simple past form of "to establish". The meaning is that he started, set up his business 10 years ago.
The past participle is also "established".
11 gennaio 2015
In response to Andrew Wood's comment on my first answer;
My example was present perfect and so I should maybe have picked an example which used the present perfect. But my simple past example is written correctly. "Ago" is used with the simple past not the present perfect.
Also, "to establish" is a one-time activity and so would not often be used with the present perfect. An exception would be with "just or recently". e.g. "He has just established his business."
The present perfect could also be used naturally with the the verb "to establish oneself" e.g. "She has established herself as a leading professional over some time".
12 gennaio 2015
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Alfredo
Competenze linguistiche
Cinese (mandarino), Inglese, Francese, Tedesco, Portoghese, Spagnolo
Lingua di apprendimento
Cinese (mandarino), Inglese, Portoghese
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