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Innocentsa22 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Present Perfect

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00one day a question stopped me. it is about the present perfect tense.02br
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00I need to know the different types of questions used in present perfect i.e I knew later that we couldn't use "when" in making questions in this tense.02br
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12br 12br 10one day a question stopped me. 12br 12br 12blockquote 10The present perfect tense is used for 2 main reasons:02br 02br 001. to express action started in the past and still continuing02br 02br 002.

— Nef

  • 12br 12br 10one day a question stopped me.
  • 12br 12br 12blockquote 10The present perfect tense is used for 2 main reasons:02br 02br 001.
  • to express action started in the past and still continuing02br 02br 002.
  • to express action completed in the recent indefinite past (no particular time given) 02br 02br 00Examples: 02br 02br 01i 00How long has Karen lived in Canada?
  • ) 01i 00Karen has lived in Canada for 30 years.
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10I want your help.12br
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10one day a question stopped me. it is about the present perfect tense.12br
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0I am not sure exactly what you mean. Is the "i.e." an example of your question in which you can't use "when" in forming persent perfect? If it's, you are right. Present perfect tense is used to describe something or event that happened in the past which continued on up to now. 02br
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00If you are eighteen years old and you say to your friend “ I have studied English sinc
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0 Actually "when" is not used with the present perfect only when it refers to a specific time in the past.02br
00 If you combine "when" with "ever", the restriction does not apply.02br
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01i01u00When02u00 have you 01u00ever02u00 seen something like that?02br
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0Hi guys,02br
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00We don't even need to use 'ever'. Consider this common kind of speaking -02br
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01font00Q: When have you decided to start your driving lessons?02font02br
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01font00A: (I have decided to start) next week.02font02br
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0 True enough. When the "when" is part of a subordinate clause (whose verb tense is not also present perfect) it is quite possible.02br
00 Note in Clive's example that the time of starting is in question, not the time of deciding (main verb).02br
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00 This is in contrast to the following.02br
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01i00-- I've decided to buy a new
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0 It seems this questioner is a beginner. You must have corrected some basic mistakes, in first place.02br
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00 one day a question stopped me. it is about the present perfect tense.02br
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01b01font00The above way of writing is not good English.02font02b02br
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01cite10Rotter12cite10It seems this questioner is a beginner. You must have corrected some basic mistakes, 11u10in first place12u10. 11font10in the first place12font12br
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0 Diamondrg02br
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00 What is wrong with the word 'maybe' in this context?02br
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00 Instead of writing 'Probably I am wrong' , I wrote ' I maybe wrong'.02br
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01b01font00I appreciate very much if you point out the flaw here.02font02b02br
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0I think02br
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00- I may be wrong. (correct)02br
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