Past Perfect vs. Past Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect Progressive (過去完成式 vs. 過去完成進行式)
1. Past Perfect Continuous states actions or events that are still in progress up to a point in time in the past, while Past Perfect states actions or events that are completed. The emphasis is on the result when using the past perfect tense; while, the emphasis is on the activity when using the past perfect continuous.
A License to Kill
Can you imagine an eleven-year-old having a license to operate a rifle and kill a duck? Based on our community center’s catalog, kids as young as eleven years old can take a hunter training course and upon completing the course, they are allowed to use a shotgun and hunt for animals unaccompanied by any adult. I was so shock to learn so I searched online and found out that a youth as young as nine years old can obtain a license to kill unaccompanied after completing a Hunter Education Training Course. Wow! Talking about independence and leaving all the responsibilities to the kids. A nine-year-old child is still a child needing plenty of guidance from the adults.
I was surprised to find my article - ergative verb (http://elisaenglish.pixnet.net/blog/post/639403 & http://tw.group.knowledge.yahoo.com/english-forum/article/view?aid=11) showing up on someone else's article. One (http://hi.baidu.com/hdwangqinghua/blog/item/3a9cf533d8849144ad4b5f37.html) referred back to knowledge group where I also published that article, so I wasn't so mad. But the other person called "eliza123" 旋 using a nickname very similar to my name answering a question at 北大中文论坛 http://www.pkucn.com/viewthread.php?tid=226387 decided to be a copycat and copied every single word I wrote without referring to the source, my article.
I am still thinking of what to do next. I know that pirating is very popular in China and the Chinese cares little about copyright. Maybe I will send a note to 北大中文论坛 to inform them of the copyright issue.
Present Perfect vs. Past Simple (現在完成式 vs. 過去式)
The main distinction between present perfect and past simple is that one (past simple) states something that happened at a specific point of time in the past and ended in the distant past such as at last December, and the other (present perfect) states something that happened at an unspecific point of time in the past which continues to the present and has not finished yet (specifying duration from the past until now) or may have finished in the recent past with an impact to the present.
The Simple Past Tense (簡單過去式)
1. Events and actions happened in the past. A specific point in time in the past (a year ago).
Present Simple vs. Present Continuous / Present Progressive (現在式 vs. 現在進行式)
The main distinction between present simple and present continuous is that one (present simple) states a more permanent situation such as facts or repetitive actions, and the other (present continuous) states a more temporary condition such as things happening at this very moment. When talking about states or feelings, use simple present tense unless you are stressing the feeling at this very moment as we speak.
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