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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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"I have learned a lot of things from him."

"I have learned a lot of things from him."

The 'him' in the sentence does not exist because he died a long time ago but if lessons I got from him still affect me, can I say the sentence?

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Yes, of course: how else could we talk about Jesus ( He walked on water), Abraham Lincoln ( He freed the slaves), or Michael Jackson ( He was a good dancer)?

— Mister Micawber

  • Yes, of course: how else could we talk about Jesus ( He walked on water), Abraham Lincoln ( He freed the slaves), or Michael Jackson ( He was a good dancer)?
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Yes, of course: how else could we talk about Jesus (He walked on water), Abraham Lincoln (He freed the slaves), or Michael Jackson (He was a good dancer)?
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Anonymous"I have learned a lot of things from him."
I would not normally use the present perfect here for people who are dead, though I might use it for dead people whose whose influence/writings are still present for me:

I learnt a lot from my father/first English teacher/him.
I have learnt a lot from Ghandi/him.

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