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Milky Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Is the present perfect being shown the door?
0 00 Over time, the present perfect has increased in use over the preterite in German, French and some other languages to a position where it now clearly dominates. In English too, the present perfect increased in use over the preterite from the days of Old English, through Middle English and up to the beginning of the Modern English period. But what about today? Which form dominates in English? Some would say that the present perfect is on the wane or even redundant in contemporary English. Would you agree with those people? 00 0-
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0 The present perfect is alive and well. " This form is considered bad English. It may go on the wane as the large number of second language learner struggle with the form but I think there will be a resergence after a while.
- 0 The present perfect is alive and well.
- " This form is considered bad English.
- It may go on the wane as the large number of second language learner struggle with the form but I think there will be a resergence after a while.
- It's too useful a form.
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0 The present perfect is alive and well. Even in America which sometimes uses the form "did you see it already?" This form is considered bad English. It may go on the wane as the large number of second language learner struggle with the form but I think there will be a resergence after a while. It's too useful a form. 02 br
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00 It's interesting to note that the artificial l
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00 It's interesting to note that the artificial l
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0 <This form is considered bad English.> 02 br
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00 By whom? I'm told that is accepted as standard. 02 br
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00 <It's interesting to note that the artificial language Ido at first did not have perfect tenses they were introduced by popular demand.> 02 br
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00 Yes, interesting. The thing is, the AE use of the preterite, where B
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00 By whom? I'm told that is accepted as standard. 02 br
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00 <It's interesting to note that the artificial language Ido at first did not have perfect tenses they were introduced by popular demand.> 02 br
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00 Yes, interesting. The thing is, the AE use of the preterite, where B
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0 00 I just found/I've just found ( 05 0 00 ) this: 02 br
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00 "The present perfect is more frequent in British English and the preterite more frequent in American English. The claims often made to that effect have been amply confirmed." 02 br
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00 The Use of the Perfect and the Preterite and in Present-day English 00 , by Johan Elsness. 02 b
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00 "The present perfect is more frequent in British English and the preterite more frequent in American English. The claims often made to that effect have been amply confirmed." 02 br
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00 The Use of the Perfect and the Preterite and in Present-day English 00 , by Johan Elsness. 02 b
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