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John liao Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

make, present simple tense. new concept english 3.11

'But it isn't perfume,' I said, 'It's hair gel.' Then I added with a smile, 'It's a strange mixture I make myself.'

I think the writer made the hair gel some time ago, why here make are used rather than made?
  

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He makes it repeatedly when he runs out of it.

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He makes it repeatedly when he runs out of it.
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Do you mean generally present simple can be used to express the frequent activities which were done many times before?
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That is one of the most common ways in which the tense is used.
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So the statement that present simple can be used to express the frequent activities which were done many times before is true or not?
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That is one of the most common ways in which the tense is used. For example: I respond to many questions in this forum. I often say the same thing more than once. Some people seem to need to repeat a question when it has already been answered. This happens not infrequently.

All these things have happened many times in the past and will probably happen m
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Ah, I understood by this sentence: "All these things have happened many times in the past and will probably happen many times in the future."
Thank you for your kindly patience, I can feel you are a very good tutor before. Thank you very much
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