I don’t know if it “matters”, and I’m not a prescriptivist who wants to tell others how to talk, but it’s interesting.
I don’t know if it “matters”, and I’m not a prescriptivist who wants to tell others how to talk, but it’s interesting.
To be pedantic that’s not grammar but orthography (which in English is even weirder). English is just a mutant amalgamation of Germanic, Romance and Celtic languages and man, it shows.
But have you cleaned your bedroom or did you only clean it?
If he only said “I cleaned my shoes”, they could be dirty again. Now you know the difference between present perfect and simple past. English grammar, it’s weird (but every language’s is, to be fair).
For me it was first VLC without really knowing what FOSS was, then KeePass while getting to know a bit about it, and finally Thunderbird. What did it for me was just how good and bullshit-free they were, especially in comparison to paid competitors. They really are the best products in their field, proving the quality often behind FOSS software.
Just like Werner Herzog