有这么一道题,我不是非常能理解:
-- Professor Li is wanted on the phone. Where is he?
-- I saw him coming, but in a minute, he _____.
这里为何要用disappeared,不可以用has disappeared。
为何不可以用目前完成时表示他已经不见了,强调对目前的影——他目前接不了电话。
你顾此失彼了。in a minute是一个确切的过去时间状语,目前完成时是不可以与确切过去时间状语连用的。又如:A:Where is Tom? I haven't seen him. B: He went to Beijing yesterday. 并非非得用目前完成时。