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Been stressed out? Can I say these?
Hi, everyone.
1. If I want to express working caused me to be stressed out, so the problem hasn't recurred after I stopped working there up until now.
1.1 Can I say this?
I haven't been stressed out since I've worked at the company.
1. 2 I think in this case this sentence is the same as "I haven't been stressed out since I worked at the company". Do you think so?
2. If I want to express working had a beneficial effect on the stated problem(say, poverty) continued after I stopped working there. And I got rid of poverty (at any time) when I was still at the company.
2.1 Can I say this?
I haven't been poor since I've worked at the company.
2.2 I think in this case this sentence is the same as "I haven't been poor since I worked at the company". Do you think so?
Thank you in advance.
2017년 1월 28일 오전 11:03
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'I've' is short for 'I have'. You can only used the present perfect when you are talking about incomplete actions. The simple past is used for complete actions.
I haven't been stressed out since I've worked at the company. < Here you use the present perfect, so you insinuate that you are still working at the company. The use of the present perfect means that this action is incomplete.
I haven't been stressed out since I worked at the company. < Here the simple past means that you have finished working at the company. The action is complete.
Likewise:
I haven't been poor since I've worked at the company. < Here the use of present perfect means that you are still working at the company.
I haven't been poor since I worked at the company". < Here the simple past means you have finished working at the company. The action is complete.
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