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Hi friends, I've got a simple question for native speakers of English.
Our teacher has told us that the sentence "This is the first time she's shouting at the children" is gramatically incorrect. The correct one must be "This is the first time she's shouted at the children".
The context is missing completely.
I believe that both Version 1 and Version 2 of this sentence are valid but they just convey different shades of meaning. In the first case we're watching her shouting at the children right now and we're just mentioning that this is the first time she's doing it.
However we were told that's not so and even in the context provided by me we should use the perfect tense (...she's shouted...)
Is it so?
Thanks in advance for you answers.
Our teacher has told us that the sentence "This is the first time she's shouting at the children" is gramatically incorrect. The correct one must be "This is the first time she's shouted at the children".
The context is missing completely.
I believe that both Version 1 and Version 2 of this sentence are valid but they just convey different shades of meaning. In the first case we're watching her shouting at the children right now and we're just mentioning that this is the first time she's doing it.
However we were told that's not so and even in the context provided by me we should use the perfect tense (...she's shouted...)
Is it so?
Thanks in advance for you answers.