Are both these sentences correct:
1) This is the first time I am talking to you.
2) This is the first time I have talked to you.
Is there a difference in the meanings?
Does '1' imply that the conversation is ongoing?
Does '2' imply that he conversation is over?
Gratefully,
Navi.
the first time I have talked...
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"This is the first time I am talking to you", sounds like a threat to me. "And it had better be the last!".
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Bob in Wales
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As so often, the context shapes the meaning.
"This is the first time I am talking to you" could equally well be remarked by someone who had previously exchanged messages with a Facebook contact, but who was now speaking to them in real time via FB's voice chat function.
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"This is the first time I am talking to you" could equally well be remarked by someone who had previously exchanged messages with a Facebook contact, but who was now speaking to them in real time via FB's voice chat function.
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