
tense - “I just see” or “I just saw”? (Or neither?) - English Language ...
Apr 17, 2014 · The "I just saw" statement is a form of Simple Past tense using the adverb "just" to imply that the action occurred very recently, but is no longer occurring. So if you were to say "I just saw the car crash", then you are saying you saw the …
Can we use "now" with simple past tense as in "I saw it now"?
Jun 5, 2020 · Even in the case EllieK describes I would say OK, I see it now or just Ok, I saw it. I think this use of see drifts in to a slightly different meaning of to see something, closer to saying I understand now or i get it now. I watched the film once and I didn't see the foreshadowing, but I watched it again yesterday and I SEE IT NOW. –
"just now" vs "only now" - English Language Learners Stack …
I just now saw your call . I only now saw your call. They are very similar, but there are a few different nuances that I'd pick up on as a native speaker. One is that "just now" is best used to describe a single event, while "only now" can be used to describe a …
You tap someone then they say: I saw you vs. I've seen you?
And once you saw them, that event was over. Where it gets tricky is that I saw you technically means: I saw you hiding in [the closet]. So you only say that after they come out of hiding, meaning You weren't very well hidden, because I saw you the entire time. If they're hiding, and you can see them, then it's obviously I can see you.
Which would be proper between "have seen" and "saw" and why?
[saw the behavior constituted by acting weird as it unfolded] People have seen me act weird [in the past, unspecified, people saw me perform an act of weirdness] People have seen me acting weird [in the past, unspecified, people saw me performING weirdly as it unfolded]. Oh, my god. I am acting weird. I wonder if a lot of people saw me act weird.
phrase meaning - I got your message just now - English Language ...
Jan 27, 2020 · First of all, I want to tell him that I didn't answer because I got it just now: I got your message just now, sorry. Would it be common, idiomatic phrase? And isn't it ambiguous? The first meaning: I received your message just now, sorry. (this is the meaning I want to convey) The second meaning: I understood your message just now, sorry.
"I've just seen your message, it had been a while since you sent it."
Mar 2, 2020 · Just now means very recently, a few moments ago. You're referring to a very recent event that colors your present circumstances. Thus, the present-perfect is suitable. Let's imagine that you are a procrastinator. Last week I saw the message which you had sent three weeks earlier. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to reply.
May I use "wtf" with a non-question? -- "wtf I just watched."
Jul 26, 2015 · But is "wtf I just watched" a correct English sentence as "I just watched" is a correct English sentence and adding wtf should not make such difference. No, what follows what the X (X can be a number of words), needs to be a form of to be or emphatic verb starting with a form of to do - like interrogative sentences in general.
grammar - Has seen? Had seen? Had saw? Has saw? - English …
Aug 30, 2019 · Jerry has seen the dog three times (He saw it on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday). Had saw and has saw are both incorrect. This is not just a memorization thing. Whether the event happened in the past relative to another in the past or relative to the present time determines which form to use.
present perfect - Using "just" and "just now" - English Language ...
Mar 25, 2017 · Navigating dialects never being straightforward, I am informed that this use of just can also mean the same as just now in at least one regional dialect of British English. 1 : Which is more natural or conventional is heavily dependent on dialect, and I don't just mean American English vs British English - regional dialects play a big part.