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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Present perfect, how many times to use?

I know that we should use this when we want to say about something that happened in the past, but we don't know the exact time. For example this is fine, if these sentences are written together?

Example:

"A man has wanted to build a house. He has worked hard and after hard work he has done it."
  

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Anonymous A man has wanted to build a house. He has worked hard and after hard work he has done it. There is something anomalous about your example as written even though it is grammatically correct.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous A man has wanted to build a house.
  • He has worked hard and after hard work he has done it.
  • There is something anomalous about your example as written even though it is grammatically correct.
  • Presumably, if the man has built the house by now, the house is built, and he no longer wants to build it.
  • But "has wanted" suggests that he still wants to build it even though it is already built.
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AnonymousA man has wanted to build a house. He has worked hard and after hard work he has done it.
There is something anomalous about your example as written even though it is grammatically correct.

Presumably, if the man has built the house by now, the house is built, and he no longer wants to build it. But "has wanted" suggests that he still wants
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How about this?

Example:
The guy has tune his car very nicely. He is a true fan of Audi and he wanted his car to look great. Well, he has succeeded perfectly, the car truly looks great.
Is that correct?
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AnonymousIs that correct?
Very close. You need "has tuned", and "The car truly looks great." as a separate sentence not connected to the previous sentence. Otherwise, it's fine.
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