Name: Simple Past vs Present Perfect Tense - Basic English Grammar
Uploaded: 2020-07-03T02:12:18.000Z
Duration: 12 min 33 s
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Hi everybody, welcome back to Ask Alisha, the weekly series where you ask me questions

Mo says: I would like to know how to use "I will" or "I would go with that" when I order

Um, well, I suppose it depends a little bit on the situation, but for kind of a general

way to use these two, when you make YOUR decision; the thing you

would like to order, the thing you plan to order, you can say,

If you're making a recommendation to someone else, however, like

you've chosen your item; you know what you want to order,

but you're recommending someone else something, you're recommending like, a drink pairing

or a side dish or something, when you want to make a recommendation to

someone else, you can say, "I would go with the blah blah

Because when you're saying "I would go with," it's like saying,

"if I were you, I would choose this thing."

So it's like, if I were you, I would go with that thing.

So when you're making a recommendation, you can say, "I would go with."

When you're talking about your own choice, you can say "I'll go with."

Next question comes from Isik Alexander again.

Isik says: Hi Alisha, can I also use "I've not + p.p. for PPT?"

I think this is past participle; is your "p.p." and "present perfect tense" maybe is PPT?

Let's talk about it assuming it's present perfect tense.

The answer is you can, but in American English it sounds too formal.

Actually, with all of these sentences, there's not a communication problem happening.

But, uh, they sound too formal for American English.

Maybe if you ask a British English speaker, they'll have a different opinion on the way

But from an American English speaker, it sounds a little too formal.

It sounds too stiff, it sounds a bit unnatural.

So, you can use them, but I don't necessarily recommend it.

All right, next question comes from Paulo.

Paulo says: Hi Alisha, what is the difference between "planning to do something" and "planning

For example, "are you planning on helping John?"

We're planning on having a surprise party.

So, you can really use these in the same way.

Hello Alisha says, uh: Can you tell me the difference between "make sure" and "ensure"

Let's start with "make sure" and "ensure" and "assure."

Make sure and ensure...they both mean "to make certain of something."

Um, "make sure" sounds more casual than "ensure."

Also, "ensure" is used like in more formal situations, yes.

So, because it's used in those cases, like with contracts, or maybe with formal business

So there's like some higher level of certainty, almost.

It's more like "check" is kind of the feeling with "make sure."

"Assure," then, the last one in this first group,

sometimes it can also mean "to make sure of something," but it has like, the feeling of,

um, like giving confidence to the listener.

Like, that something is possible or there's some positive information.

Some, like, um...You want that person to feel at ease about the situation.

Like, you're making them feel confident about what's going to happen in the future.

Or it's like you want to remove any questions or any doubts that someone has about the situation.

I'll be finished with the report tomorrow, I assure you!

They assured us our bags would be brought to the hotel room.

So, in these cases, you can see that assure is like you're making someone else feel at

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