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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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Ive got..

Are these examples of the present perfect?

I've got something to tell you.

I have something to tell you.
  

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From Cambridge: the present perfect (tense) the tense which you use to refer to actions or events which have been completed or which have happened in a period of time up to now: The sentences 'She has broken her leg' and 'I have never been to Australia' are all in the present perfect. I've got something to tell you. "I've got" is just an idiomatic expression.

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  • From Cambridge: the present perfect (tense) the tense which you use to refer to actions or events which have been completed or which have happened in a period of time up to now: The sentences 'She has broken her leg' and 'I have never been to Australia' are all in the present perfect.
  • I've got something to tell you.
  • "I've got" is just an idiomatic expression.
  • It looks like the present perfect in form, but it's not.
  • I have something to tell you.
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From Cambridge:
the present perfect (tense)
the tense which you use to refer to actions or events which have been completed or which have happened in a period of time up to now:
The sentences 'She has broken her leg' and 'I have never been to Australia' are all in the present perfect.


I've got something to tell you.
"I've go
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