Difference

"I am settled in New York" means that you're content in New York.
"I have settled in New York" means that you've moved there.

deadrat"I am settled in New York" means that you're content in New York."I have settled in New York" means that you've moved there.

Thanks a lot. So the 'have settled' basically conveys the present status, right?

I am not sure what 'content' means. Does it mean it is the place where I live or just the state of satisfaction of the place I currently liv

The present perfect "have settled" conveys past completion up to the present moment.

Having contentment, satisfaction.

deadratThe present perfect "have settled" conveys past completion up to the present moment.Having contentment, satisfaction.

I see. Thanks. So basically ' I am settled' means I am happy/satisfied in New York, and does not convey anything about living or movement. Am I correct?

I hope I am.

The verb "settle has a number of meanings. One is to dwell permanently, and that's the one you've used in the sentence "I have settled in New York," using the past perfect active form of the verb. The syntax is Subject-(Active) Verb.

Another meaning is to assume a comfortable position, as in "He settled into his favorite chair." The past participle of "settle" is "settled," and you us

deadratam settled" looks like the past passive form of the verb, which would mean that somebody forces you to live in New York at the moment. No native speaker would interpret the sentence this way, partly because of the tense and partly because no one forces people to live in New York.

I see. So how would it basically be interpreted. Would it be the fact of c

deadrat One is to dwell permanently, and that's the one you've used in the sentence "I have settled in New York," using the past present perfect active form. of the verb.

deadrat as the action was both coerced and illegal.

@teeechr. I see why you corrected deadrat's 'present perfect' slip, but I don't see why you crossed out 'of the verb'. That seems OK to me.

"...active form of the verb" would have been OK, but "present perfect active form of the verb" doesn't work for me. The present perfect is a tense and not a verb form.

teechrThe present perfect is a tense

To some people. To others it's an aspect of the present tense. As there is no authority to decide, it is perhaps better not to impose one's own opinions on others. The neutral term 'form' seems to me to avoid problems.