Roman
didn't know or haven't know
For example, someone told you something that is an unexpected thing to you. Which answer of yours would be more correct:
"I didn't know"
or
"I haven't known"
?
The second one sounds more correct due to the Present Perfect - the action has been finished - you already know it. But on some source I've read that the Past Perfect in this case implies that you still don't know it.
Please explain.
1 sep. 2014 17:49
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Using the past simple tense is correct because it implies that you didn't know something. But now, you know about that because someone said about that to you.
Using the present perfect tense is incorrect because it implies that you didn't know something, and still don't know about that, which is incorrect because someone said about that to you, so you know about that.
So, you should not use the present perfect tense: "I haven't known .....", but the past simple tense: "I didn't know .....".
1 september 2014
The first one is said in English. You were in a state of not knowing, but now you are not. So the simple past conjugation is used.
1 september 2014
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