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Bookmark or Share- I Remember Vs I Just Remembered Vs I've just rememberedInvestigator: Didn't he used to work with you in the 1980s? Suspect: Oh, yes. I've just remembered. It's coming back to me now. He was dismissed for misusing the photocopier. But I still can't remember his name. That's quite different from this other example: I remember my first day at secondary school. I was so nervous, I could never forget it.
- 1950s or 1950's | WordReference ForumsPlease look up "1980's or 1980s". Matching Mole Senior Member. England, English Jun 22, 2008 #3 These ...
- I'm writing to you / I´m writing you | WordReference ForumsThe differences are very slight. "I'm writing to you today" is a little more formal than "I'm writing you today."
- is set (in a time) vs was set in (in a time) - WordReference ForumsBeing set in the 1980s is being treated as a quality of the movie that we are describing, just like being in black and white. We are not telling of the past event when the writer gave it a 1980s setting.
- vary from...to... or vary between...and ... | WordReference ForumsI don't see that your nos. 1 and 2 actually mean anything, unless you want to say perhaps that in the 1980s he collected paintings, then in the 1990s he sold them all and bought sculptures, and after 2000 he went back to collecting paintings again.
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