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If someone ask me "Do you like Indian movie?"

Which tenses would fit the answer to the question ?

  1. "yes I do. But I watched only some of them"
  2. "yes I do. But I have wathed only some of them"
  3. "yes I do. But I had watched only some of them"

thanks in advance

budi

Budi Cahyono
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  • Only style advice, so I'll keep it to a comment - In my opinion, the second sentence is the most correct of the three, but "only" should precede "watched." "I have only watched some of them." – Lumberjack Oct 13 '13 at 08:39
  • Incidentally, if someone were to ask you if you like Indian movies, it is unlikely that she would think you had watched "all" of them. As such, a simple "Yes I do" would suffice. Saying you have only watched some of them might come off as a catty response. If you were to say "Yes I do, but I have only watched a few of them" I would perceive the response as more polite. Just my opinion, for what it's worth. – Lumberjack Oct 13 '13 at 08:43
  • thank you Lumberjack for the correction. I should say "a few of them" instead of "some of them". And that's (a few) exactly what I meant. – Budi Cahyono Oct 13 '13 at 09:28
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    If someone asked me "Do you like Indian movie?", I might ask him which Indian movie (singular) he is talking about. – TrevorD Oct 13 '13 at 13:11
  • This question has been asked hundreds of times before. Start by looking at the following three questions: One provides a general overview of how the different tenses in English correspond to one another; two, and the related questions linked from there, address your question more directly; three addresses an important difference between British and American English. – RegDwigнt Oct 13 '13 at 14:14
  • We also have an entire tag dedicated to choosing between Present Perfect and Simple Past. – RegDwigнt Oct 13 '13 at 14:16

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If someone asks you "Do you like Indian movie?", I think you should answer "Yes I do. But I HAVE watchED only some of them." Indeed, watching them has had some consequences on your present life, since you're still remembering them. It is not a simply action that you did in your past, such as "Yesterday, I ate a sandwich. Then..". (Ok, this example is quite bad but its was the only one that I thought about..). Nonetheless, I am not TOTALLY sure, cause I'm French...but let's say I'm quite sure of it (I said QUITE..!!) Does this answer suit you?

Buona giornata !

AscoltandoTiersen
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  • Oh, I've just re-read my answer, and It would be "I have ONLY watched some of them", and not what I said in my commentary! – AscoltandoTiersen Oct 13 '13 at 08:53
  • merci beaucoup Mr. Tiersen :) – Budi Cahyono Oct 13 '13 at 09:29
  • I would suggest that your original version "I have watched ONLY some of them" is more correct: the "only" is qualifying "some", not "watched". "Only watched some of them" could mean "I've listened to all of them but not watched all of them." – TrevorD Oct 13 '13 at 15:37