When we speak in English being too direct could sound rude, so we need to soften our expressions. English needs more signals than other languages.
To sound polite in English the rule is that the more indirect you are the politer you are. There are several ways to do this:
We use present perfect:
- To talk about past experiences when we don't say when they happened. If we say when they happened (minutes ago, yesterday, in a date) we use the past simple.
- To give news if something has happened recently we often use just
Historical: Refers to any event, person, building ... in the past.
Many important historical documents were destroyed when the library was bombed.
She specializes in historical novels set in 18th-century England.
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