How should I use or interpret the word "always" in present simple and present perfect ?
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I've been thinking a lot about using the word "always" in present simple and in present perfect.
The word "always" is very often used to indicate the repeatability of an action.
So what does the word "always" indicates in present perfect?
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Xenon02 So what does the word "always" indicate in present perfect? It indicates that something has happened regularly or repeatedly, or has continuously been the case, without exception, up until the present time. For example, "I have always bought my bread at Mr Smith's bakery" means that up until the present you have regularly bought bread there, and you have never bought bread anywhere else (in practice, usually allowing normal latitude of language that occasionally you may have bought it somewhere else).
- Xenon02 So what does the word "always" indicate in present perfect?
- It indicates that something has happened regularly or repeatedly, or has continuously been the case, without exception, up until the present time.
- For example, "I have always bought my bread at Mr Smith's bakery" means that up until the present you have regularly bought bread there, and you have never bought bread anywhere else (in practice, usually allowing normal latitude of language that occasionally you may have bought it somewhere else).
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Xenon02 So what does the word "always" indicate in present perfect?
It indicates that something has happened regularly or repeatedly, or has continuously been the case, without exception, up until the present time.
For example, "I have always bought my bread at Mr Smith's bakery" means that up until the present you
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