I find the OED note puzzling, because the OED2 (and OED3—there was no change) article gives the pronunciation of ate as “/eɪt/ /ɛt/ /iːt/” and also makes it clear that /eɪt/ is the older form, with /εt/ being analogically formed based on similarly patterning strong verbs like read and lead (and also beat and heat in certain dialectal ...
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In short, what is the difference between the following sentences? I did eat my lunch an hour ago. I ate my lunch an hour ago. They both are past tense. Honestly, I'm confused between them.
What do you say when people ate the food you cooked until nothing is left? The corn soup that I made is… or is there any other expression or sentence form to say for this situation?
What do you say when people ate the food you cooked until nothing is ...
The answer is that "I have just eaten them" is normal in British and I think US usage, but "I just ate them" is not normal in British use, or at any rate wasn't until recently (except in the different sense of mplungjan's answer). The aspectual difference between the simple past and the present perfect is that the perfect is used for past-with-present-relevance, the simple past for, well ...
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In our native language we have a word for saying that you can't eat something because you ate too much of it and now you don't like the taste of it (for some time).