Hello, Sir! I am a little puzzled regarding the following sentence:
''I got down to the car and remembered you had your phone.''
Why doesn't the author use present perfect, given the fact that it is a finished action with a result in the present?
Thank you very much!!!
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Hi, Schianu,
@Schianu posted:''I got down to the car and remembered you had your phone.''
Why doesn't the author use present perfect, given the fact that it is a finished action with a result in the present?
I can't see what the present result is in that sentence. Everything is in the past there: got - remembered - had
@Gustavo, Co-Moderator posted:Hi, Schianu,
I can't see what the present result is in that sentence. Everything is in the past there: got - remembered - had
Thank you @Gustavo for your answer. After having read more about past simple, I have understood the reason that the author use this tense— the actions happened consecutively in the past( got, remembered, had)
