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Penicillin Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Present Perfect&Past Simple

I want to know what the main different between Present Perfect and Past Simple is, please.

Thank you very much.
  

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The simple answer is that the Present Perfect is a look at the past from the point of view of the present. It can only express that something has happened, not exactly when it happened. The Past Simple expresses the point of view of the past directly and can express exactly when something happened.

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  • The simple answer is that the Present Perfect is a look at the past from the point of view of the present.
  • It can only express that something has happened, not exactly when it happened.
  • The Past Simple expresses the point of view of the past directly and can express exactly when something happened.
  • The Present is an anchor tense for the Present Perfect ("have/has") and the Future of the Present ("will").
  • In parallel, the Past is an anchor tense for the Past Perfect ("had") and the Future of the Past ("would").
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The simple answer is that the Present Perfect is a look at the past from the point of view of the present. It can only express that something has happened, not exactly when it happened. The Past Simple expresses the point of view of the past directly and can express exactly when something happened.

The Present is an anchor tense for the Present Perfect ("have/has"
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