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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

present perfect/present perfect cont - past perfect/past perferct cont

hi....can you clearly explain to me when i have to use present perfect/present perfect continuos

and when i have to use past perfect/past perfect continuos? thanks....
  

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Well, your question involves quite a lot to my mind. I'll go through it bit by bit, however, not everything in one post and if others jump in then so be it. The Present Perfect is essentially a present tense but it also expresses the effect of past actions and activities on the present.

— Jussive

  • Well, your question involves quite a lot to my mind.
  • I'll go through it bit by bit, however, not everything in one post and if others jump in then so be it.
  • The Present Perfect is essentially a present tense but it also expresses the effect of past actions and activities on the present.
  • One really simple use of the Present Perfect to grasp is to express something which begun in the past and is still continuing up to the present: I have lived here for twenty years.
  • (I still live here)
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Well, your question involves quite a lot to my mind. I'll go through it bit by bit, however, not everything in one post and if others jump in then so be it.

The Present Perfect is essentially a present tense but it also expresses the effect of past actions and activities on the present.

One really simple use of the Present Perfect to grasp is to express something which begun in t
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Another use of the Present Perfect is a bit more subtle and difficult to grasp. It is used to express something which finished at some unspecified and unknown time in the past but has some effect on the life/mind of the person/s involved in the present. People may disagree with that definition, but hey!

Compare (1) 'Everytime we went on h
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One final use of the Present Perfect is to express something which has happened and which has a present result. What has happened is usually recent, for example:

I've lost my wallet. (I don't have it now.)
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Have you grasped this so far? If so, I'll be back. Emotion: smile
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