http://www.stgeorges.co.uk/blog/present-perfect-v-past-simple-the-queen-her-butler/ St George International Thu, 16 May 2013 15:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.stgeorges.co.uk/blog/present-perfect-v-past-simple-the-queen-her-butler/#comment-57984 Dmitry Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:42:12 +0000 http://www.stgeorges.co.uk/blog/?p=7011#comment-57984 Why not to ask: Have you met the Prime Minister?, instead of "Did you meet the Prime Minister". Jeeves is interested in the result (not timing) of whether the Queen has met the PM or not. Why not to ask: Have you met the Prime Minister?, instead of “Did you meet the Prime Minister”. Jeeves is interested in the result (not timing) of whether the Queen has met the PM or not.

]]> http://www.stgeorges.co.uk/blog/present-perfect-v-past-simple-the-queen-her-butler/#comment-50187 Verb Noun collocations: English Butlers are back - The English Blog | The English Blog Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:28:50 +0000 http://www.stgeorges.co.uk/blog/?p=7011#comment-50187 [...] of England and other rich and important people have always had their own private butlers, but now British butlers are in demand more than ever.   Demand for butlers has changed over the years. At the [...] [...] of England and other rich and important people have always had their own private butlers, but now British butlers are in demand more than ever.   Demand for butlers has changed over the years. At the [...]

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