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PhillipK Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

He's arrived

He's arrived.

I've come across this phrase in a textbook. I wonder if it can be further specified (by determining time/place/...) without losing its meaning. I feel it is rather connected with present perfect - can I use it with other tenses? - especially not perfects?

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PhillipK I feel it is rather connected with present perfect Yes. It is the present perfect tense of arrive. He has is contracted to He's.

— CalifJim

  • PhillipK I feel it is rather connected with present perfect Yes.
  • It is the present perfect tense of arrive.
  • He has is contracted to He's.
  • It can be modified in various ways.
  • He's already arrived.
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PhillipKI feel it is rather connected with present perfect
Yes. It is the present perfect tense of arrive. He has is contracted to He's.

It can be modified in various ways.

He's already arrived.
He's arrived early.
He's arrived late again.
He's just arrived at the church.
He's never arrived before 5 o'clock.

But, li
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My mistake - I forgot to add that the phrase is supposed to mean he's succeeded. I appologise CJ! I pressed the 'go back' button by mistake so I had to rewrite the whole message and I forgot to say the essential thing. Sorry again!
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In that case, the words you choose to modify the expression would be different, of course.

He's finally arrived.
He's arrived at last.
After a lot of hard work in his field, he's arrived.

But it's still a present perfect tense.

I think your intuition is correct that this idiom would be less likely in a non-perfect tense.

CJ
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Yes I see that options are limited if we dont want to be misunderstood. And tell me, please? Do you use this phrase?
Thank you CJ!
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PhillipKDo you use this phrase?
No. I understand arrive in that meaning passively, so it makes perfect sense when I hear it, but I don't actively use it. I can't say "never", but very rarely.

CJ
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