Hi,
Recently I have run into some difficulties that I can not seem to get my head around it, more specifically with this little sentence:
I liked to go to the movies on the weekends.
I liked going to the movies on the weekends- is incorrect also...
I have liked going to the movies ?
I know the issue is with the tense here but I'm not entirely sure what the problem is and that's a problem :P
Where is the error in this sentence?
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Re: Where is the error in this sentence?
There is nothing grammatically wrong with the sentence
I have liked going to the movies.
However, it is relatively rare to find the verb 'like' used in the present perfect except when modified by a phrase such as 'since (1980)' or 'for (ten years)'.
Hence, to a native ear, the sentence sounds incomplete.
I have liked going to the movies.
However, it is relatively rare to find the verb 'like' used in the present perfect except when modified by a phrase such as 'since (1980)' or 'for (ten years)'.
Hence, to a native ear, the sentence sounds incomplete.