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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

present perfect tense in specific intervals

Is it possible (or common) to use present perfect tense for events that happened within a specific time interval in the past, e.g. "The population have grown substantially in the period from 1980 to 1990." I was told it is possible if we want to emphasize some event, yet again I couldn't find such examples in any grammar book I glanced through.
  

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g. " No. Anonymous I was told it is possible if we want to emphasize some event No, it is not, unless the time span ends at NOW.

— Mister Micawber

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  • Anonymous I was told it is possible if we want to emphasize some event No, it is not, unless the time span ends at NOW.
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AnonymousIs it possible (or common) to use present perfect tense for events that happened within a specific time interval in the past, e.g. "The population have grown substantially in the period from 1980 to 1990."
No.
AnonymousI was told it is possible if we want to emphasize some event
No, it is not, unless the time span e
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The only time you might see/hear this is in an article/documentary in the 'historic present'.

It is April 1945. The Soviet army has reached Berlin. Hitler calls his generals together for the last time.
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