just + Past Simple/Present Perfect

Дата публикации: Sep 19, 2015 5:21:53 PM

1. The present perfect tense is used for recently completed actions, usually with the word just:

I have just started a typing course.

2. If the exact time is mentioned, the past simple is used:

I started a typing course a few weeks ago.

3. Just now also requires the past simple tense and means "a moment ago":

I spoke to him just now. He says hi.

(a) 'I have just read it' suggests that reading it was the last thing I did before writing the message.

(b) 'I read it just now' means I read it a short time ago.

(c) 'I have read it now' means that after a period of time when I did not read it, I have finally read it.

However, (d) 'I have read it just now' and (e) 'I read (past tense) it now' are not valid options in standard English, though you may hear (d) in UK or (e) in US.

just /dʒʌst/

5. used to say that you/somebody did something very recently

I've just heard the news.

When you arrived he had only just left.

She has just been telling us about her trip to Rome.

(especially North American English) I just saw him a moment ago.

just now

1. at this moment

Come and see me later—I'm busy just now.

2. during this present period

Business is good just now.

3. only a short time ago

I saw her just now.

4. (South African English, informal) later; in a short period of time

Какая смысловая разница между высказываниями? Придумайте контекст для обеих фраз.

I have just seen him. Я только что видел его.

I saw him just now. Я только что видел его.

I have just seen him. Я только что видел его. Коннотивная/эмотивная ком. функция. Уровень Эго - нет времени.

I saw him just now. Я только что видел его. Референтивная ком. функция. Уровень С-Эго. Прошедшее время.