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Bamtori Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Isn't "has lived" meanig that someone still lives there?

Please see this:

" This guy lives or has lived in this town."
" He knows the territory"

I thought that the present perfect form of "live" meant that someone started living in some place and now still lives there. Would someone pleas explain?
  

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The present perfect does not of itself mean that the action is continuing into the present. The tense is appropriate to use in a case where other context makes the continuation clear. But without such context, the tense only means that the action was completed in the recent past.

— Avangi

  • The present perfect does not of itself mean that the action is continuing into the present.
  • The tense is appropriate to use in a case where other context makes the continuation clear.
  • But without such context, the tense only means that the action was completed in the recent past.
  • " He may have lived elsewhere as well.
  • " With this context, the meaning is taken that he continues to live here at present.
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The present perfect does not of itself mean that the action is continuing into the present. The tense is appropriate to use in a case where other context makes the continuation clear. But without such context, the tense only means that the action was completed in the recent past.

"I have taken the test." "This guy has lived in this town." He may have lived elsewhere as
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