Present perfect/past simple ?
What's the difference?
Who broke the window?
Who has broken the window?
Who wrote this book?
Who has written this book?
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Ticce What's the difference? The core meaning is about the same, but those tenses are used in different contexts. There are many books and websites that explain these differences.
- Ticce What's the difference?
- The core meaning is about the same, but those tenses are used in different contexts.
- There are many books and websites that explain these differences.
- Briefly, the past is used when the action was completed in the past and has little or no effect on the present situation, and the present perfect is used when the past action continues into present time or, if completed earlier, is still relevant to the present situation.
- < past ---------------------------- present ----------- future > [PAST SIMPLE] ----- time gap ----- ^ < ...............
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TicceWhat's the difference?
The core meaning is about the same, but those tenses are used in different contexts. There are many books and websites that explain these differences.
Briefly, the past is used when the action was completed in the past and has little or no effect on the present situation, and the present perfect is used when the past actio
0TicceWhat's the difference?
Who broke the window?
Who has broken the window?
Who wrote this book?
Who has written this book? = who is the author of this book?
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