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Bamtori Posted 18 years ago
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Present perfect tense
Hi,
A man is talking to himself, and a woman sees him doing it and then says, " I talk to myself all the time. Some people think it's weird, but I have known people that talk to their pets like they understood every word, or stand in front of the mirror and tell the reflection to get it together and get to the gym."
I'm wondering about the usage of the present perfect tense here. Was it used to mean that she saw people doing that several time, not once? Can I just say, " I know people that ..."?
A man is talking to himself, and a woman sees him doing it and then says, " I talk to myself all the time. Some people think it's weird, but I have known people that talk to their pets like they understood every word, or stand in front of the mirror and tell the reflection to get it together and get to the gym."
I'm wondering about the usage of the present perfect tense here. Was it used to mean that she saw people doing that several time, not once? Can I just say, " I know people that ..."?
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The use of the present perfect here doesn't reflect the number of times she has seen people talking to their pets, but rather that the speaker perceives that this happened in the past. ", this would suggest that she can think of people she is currently in contact with that she observes talking to her pets.
- The use of the present perfect here doesn't reflect the number of times she has seen people talking to their pets, but rather that the speaker perceives that this happened in the past.
- ", this would suggest that she can think of people she is currently in contact with that she observes talking to her pets.
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The use of the present perfect here doesn't reflect the number of times she has seen people talking to their pets, but rather that the speaker perceives that this happened in the past. If she had says "I know people that...", this would suggest that she can think of people she is currently in contact with that she observes talking to her pets.
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