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Dileepa Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Present perfect tense

I'm studying present perfect tense at the moment. There is a point that I can not understand properly in a book about present perfect tense. I copied following sentences and meaning from the book.

I've written my essay. (the essay is finished but we don't know when).

I've made quite a lot of notes. (at some point before now and I may make more notes).

I can understand first sentence, but the thing is when it come to second sentence, the action not complete now. I can't understand why first sentence mention a completed action and second one is not.

  

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dileepa s when it come to second sentence, the action not complete now. I can't understand why first sentence mention a completed action and second one is not. The first is a single instance (one essay); the second is a repetition of many instances (many notes).

  • dileepa s when it come to second sentence, the action not complete now.
  • I can't understand why first sentence mention a completed action and second one is not.
  • The first is a single instance (one essay); the second is a repetition of many instances (many notes).
  • The essay is finished and a number of notes are finished.
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dileepas when it come to second sentence, the action not complete now. I can't understand why first sentence mention a completed action and second one is not.

The first is a single instance (one essay); the second is a repetition of many instances (many notes). The essay is finished and a number of notes are finished.

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