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I was somewhat surprised to find among the examples:
past perfect 'already'
British:
They've already eaten.
Surely this is the present perfect not the past perfect.
Under complementation he says:
British:
He appeared tired
He appeared a complete idiot.
General American:
He appeared tired
He appeared to be a complete idiot.
Perhaps I'm going to appear a complete idiot here, but to me "He appeared a complete idiot" and "He appeared to be a complete idiot" mean different things.
Bingley
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