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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

I have always used it

Hi,

I have always used it. - As far as I know this means that I used it in the past and still do, right? As in: I have always loved you.

But here's what I was told about the first sentence: I have always used it says that I have always used it in the past. You could easily say "I have always used Flink's tuna, but the last can I got was terrible! I am never using it again!" or "I have always used Flink's tuna, but I tried Peaquad's tuna and it was wonderful! I'm switching brands."

(the red part confuses me)

Could anyone help me? Thanks.
  

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I have always used it. , you still use it. To have forms the present perfect tense, which concerns both the past and the present, unlike the simple past and past perfect tenses: I always used it.

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  • I have always used it.
  • , you still use it.
  • To have forms the present perfect tense, which concerns both the past and the present, unlike the simple past and past perfect tenses: I always used it.
  • I had always used it.
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I have always used it.

It means that you have always used it in the past until now, i.e., you still use it.

To have forms the present perfect tense, which concerns both the past and the present, unlike the simple past and past perfect tenses:

I always used it.
I had always used it.
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I already knew that. I shouldn't have asked the question.
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