Has vs. Had
Hello,
I am working on my English grammar and I am stuck with "The Perfect Tense"
Present Perfect: "Tom HAS already eaten" (he finished eating sometime before now.)
Past Perfect: "Tom HAD already eaten when his friend arrived" (eating was completely finished before another time in past)
Ive looked on the internet and found one explanation:
My father HAS driven a school bus for three years - (Sentence indicates that he is still driving a school bus.)
Arnold HAD painted the garage when his friends arrived - (Sentence indicates that Arnold had completed the action of painting the garage by the time his friends arrived.)
And I understand the explanation BUT the sentence "Tom HAS already eaten" does not indicate that he is still eating like in sentence above where father is still driving a bus.
Why can't it be "Tom HAD already eaten" ?
Thank you!
Charles
Top answer
banana tile 275 And I understand the explanation BUT the sentence "Tom HAS already eaten" does not indicate that he is still eating like in sentence above where father is still driving a bus. I think it is a good question. Present perfect is used in more than one situation.
- banana tile 275 And I understand the explanation BUT the sentence "Tom HAS already eaten" does not indicate that he is still eating like in sentence above where father is still driving a bus.
- I think it is a good question.
- Present perfect is used in more than one situation.
- In every case, the action, though it has got completed, is relevant to the present in one way or other.
- "Tom has eaten the fruit" means he has completed the action.
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banana tile 275And I understand the explanation BUT the sentence "Tom HAS already eaten" does not indicate that he is still eating like in sentence above where father is still driving a bus.
I think it is a good question. Present perfect is used in more than one situation. In every case, the action, though it has got completed, is relevant to the present in
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