Present perfect tense

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1.I have already processed today's printing.Is above sentence grammatically correct? Can i use present perfect tense(have) in a sentence a specific time(today) is mentioned

Avangi · Accepted Answer

There's no problem with this.

You can even say, "I have already seen tomorrow's headlines."

It's the time and nature of your action which justifies the present perfect.

I have already/just written an article about yesterday's/today's earthquake.

I have already/just written my recommendations for next year's budget.

Hitchiker · Answer

Thank you for your reply Avangi.

But the in a grammer book which I read ,it is said using specific time with present perfect tense is wrong

Ex: I have seen you yesterday (wrong)

Please exlpain me

Avangi · Answer

hitchikerEx: I have seen you yesterday (wrong)

"Yesterday" is an adverb of time, modifying the verb "have seen," telling when the action took place.

hitchiker1.I have already processed today's printing.

"Today's" is an adjective, modifying "printing," the direct object of the verb.

It has nothing to do with the timing of the action. (The action verb is "have processed.")

I have already paid next year's rent in full.

Rgdz, - A.

Hitchiker · Answer

As I have mentioned you earlier, color ad design can be changed in every 10 days i.e.1 and 10th of every month for free of charge.But the changes that do not fall in these dates will be charged.

Is above paragraph correct.Highlighted area?

do not fall on these dates or in these dates which way is correct?

Avangi · Answer

I'd probably use "within these dates," but the sentence has other problems. Your example does not seem sensible.

As I mentioned to you earlier, color and design can be changed once every ten days free of charge.

I'm assuming "ad" is a typo -- or did you mean "color advertisement"?

You will be charged for any changes made sooner than ten days following the previous change.

Hitchiker · Answer

As I mentioned to you earlier, color ad design can be changed once every ten days free of charge. I.e. 1st and 10th of every month,But changes that do not fall within these dates will be charged with USD 200

Correct? yes It is color advertisement.What I am trying to tell , is Color ad design can be changed in 10 days. Any changes that are made 10 days prior to last publication will be charged with USD 200.

So correct way is changes that do not fall within these dates right? is above highlighted area correct? prior to last....

Avangi · Answer

This is complicated stuff, hitchiker.

As I now understand it, the date of the last publication is key. That is, we're not talking about a random period of ten days.

That is, IT'S NOT:

If you submit a change in your color ad on the fourteenth, you may not submit another change until the tenth day following that submission, specifically on the twenty-fourth.

How exactly does this work?

Are we talking about daily publications, with the capability of changing the design of the ad on the same day (any day) on which that request is submitted?

Or are we talking about a weekly publication, eg, on a specific day of the week?

Hmmm, perhaps my age is showing. I was assuming "print media." Perhaps this is an internet ad, in which case days of the week and days of the month are irrelevant.

What's confusing me is your example about the first and tenth of every month.

When you say "last publication," do you really mean "last change"?

hitchikerBut changes that do not fall within these dates will be charged with USD 200

This sentence would be perfectly fine if it clearly referred to specific dates.

But this seems to be the exact opposite of what you really want. If the "last publication" were on the first, and the tenth day following that were on the eleventh, then any change executed within the window from the second to the tenth would be subject to charge.

hitchikerAny changes that are made 10 days prior to last publication will be charged with USD 200.

This is not what you mean either. If the last publication were on the fifteenth, then ten days prior to that would be on a specific day, namely, the fifth.

I'd suggest:

Any changes that are made less than ten days following the last publication will be charged etc.

You could also say:

Any changes that are made prior to the tenth day following the last publication will be charged etc.

But that sounds complicated.

Let's face it, it is complicated. It's difficult to put this in an single sentence.

Hitchiker · Answer

Thank you Avangi

I understood well.

Any changes that are made less than ten days following the last publication will be charged etc.

This is fine.

Hitchiker · Answer

In the above sentence " Changes that do not fall within these dates " means changes that do not fall specifically mentioned two dates right? and it mean changes can be brought on those two dates only

Dimsumexpress · Answer

Stipulations should be very clear to avoid dispute. So here is my suggestion:

If our customers need to modify or change the colors/design, they may do so, only during the first ten days of the month at no charge. Any changes or modification requested beyond the tenth of the month will result in additional charge.

Hope that helps

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