Joseph A Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Have Liked Vs Liked

Hello everyone,

Are the following sentences correct?

1. I liked to play football today.

2. I have liked to play football today.

I think both are correct.

Regards,

Joseph

  

Top answer

Joseph A 1. I liked to play football today. That's grammatical, but it's unusual because of "today".

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Joseph A1. I liked to play football today.

That's grammatical, but it's unusual because of "today". When you say "I liked", you are typically talking about past habits. For example, I liked to party a lot when I was younger".

Joseph A2. I have liked to play football today.

That's no good. What scenario do you have

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Joseph A

Are the following sentences correct?

1. I liked to play football today.

2. I have liked to play football today.

Not really. They are not idiomatic. For things we liked doing earlier in the same day, we usually say it like this:

I enjoyed playing football today.

Also, you can't use the present perfect (example