1. The first time I went lớn America is ten years ago.2. I went to lớn America for the first time ten years ago.The use of for the first time is what I found on google, but I don’t know, that sounds a little weird khổng lồ me.quý khách hàng đang xem: Grammar
The first time I went lớn America WAS ten years ago. I would use “I first went to America ten years ago”. –user61088 Sep 8 "17 at 0:00 It needs khổng lồ be "the first time I went to lớn America WAS ten years ago". Otherwise, both sentences are perfectly correct. The alternatives suggested in the comments here are also correct, but might not be the right way to arrange the sentence in certain contexts. Not all the alternatives have the same connotation as your examples. –filistinist Sep 8 "17 at 0:44 The first time I went to lớn America is ten years ago. Example #1 here has one mistake -- The sự kiện of you going lớn America occurred in the past, và so the verb "is" must be conjugated in the past tense. Therefore:The first time I went to lớn America was ten years ago.
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...và as for the other example:
I went to lớn America for the first time ten years ago.This is actually correct.
Consider the following as an introductory sentence structure, as wmni-alive.com:
Ten years ago, I went to America for the first time.
EDIT: Thanks lớn Edwin Ashworth for the point-out/correction.
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psosunapsosuna 20911 silver badge22 bronze badges 4 How not so? Can you show the difference in meaning or nuance between these two sentences? –psosumãng cầu Sep 8 "17 at 0:50 That was a good example. Thank you, I actually hadn't thought of that! I'll edit my answer to lớn reflect this –psosuna Sep 8 "17 at 19:06 Add a phản hồi | 0Example 1 is not correct because of the presence of the past adverbial phrase ten years ago, just like He is in America ten years ago is not correct.
The sentenced can be rephrased in the present tense with the use of since.
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It has been ten years since I went to America for the first time.
The example 2, I went lớn America for the first time ten years ago is grammatical.
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mahmud k pukayoormahmud k pukayoor 67033 silver badges1111 bronze badges 1 The sentence with the use of since is more lượt thích empathizing that ten years has gone, isn’t it? –ryuu Sep 8 "17 at 3:23 Add a phản hồi |
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