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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Have

Hi.

"I hope you will give me the chance to keep fighting for you with the same determination as I have in the past." [From Cabot News.]

The "I have" is ellipsis in the sentence. Is it for "I have kept fighting" or "I have fought"? Why is the present perfect operator "have" used in the ellipsis instead of "had"? It is "in the past", isn't it?

Thank you.
  

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have been fighting / have fought = in the past and up to now.

— Philip

  • have been fighting / have fought = in the past and up to now.
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have been fighting / have fought = in the past and up to now.
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Thank you, Philip, for your useful reply.
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