Present perfect progressive tense
I have a doubt for a very long time. We all know that the word perfect means a COMPLETED action, and the word progressive means a INCOMPLETED action. When the case is like this, how come these two words (I think the name of the tense 'perfect progressive' is a perfect example for an oxymoron) come together and form a tense? Even though an action in progressive stage for a long long time, it is still a progressive action (not a perfected action), right?
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Indrajit Vetri the word perfect means a COMPLETED action, and the word progressive means a INCOMPLETED action. This is not an accurate description. In English grammar, the simple past is more likely to express a completed action than any other tense.
- Indrajit Vetri the word perfect means a COMPLETED action, and the word progressive means a INCOMPLETED action.
- This is not an accurate description.
- In English grammar, the simple past is more likely to express a completed action than any other tense.
- The central meaning of "perfect" in English grammar is a situation that began in the past and continues to another point either in the present (present perfect) or in the past (past perfect).
- ) It is often impossible to say of a sentence in the present perfect whether the action is complete or not.
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Indrajit Vetrithe word perfect means a COMPLETED action, and the word progressive means a INCOMPLETED action.
This is not an accurate description. In English grammar, the simple past is more likely to express a completed action than any other tense.
The central meaning of "perfect" in English grammar is a situation that began in the past and con
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