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Gray olive 661 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Present vs present perfect

What is the meaning of sentence below:

"“We must build you up while we’ve got the chance"

We must build you up (used present tense)

We have got the chance (present perfect)

What change will occur if I change the sentence to :
"“We must have build you up while we’ve got the chance"


Thank you.

  

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gray olive 661 What change will occur if I change the sentence to : "“We must have build you up while we’ve got the chance" The sentence becomes ungrammatical. If you want a situation in the past (completed). Modal perfect ...

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  • gray olive 661 What change will occur if I change the sentence to : "“We must have build you up while we’ve got the chance" The sentence becomes ungrammatical.
  • If you want a situation in the past (completed).
  • Modal perfect ...
  • ) We must have built you up while we had the chance.
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gray olive 661What change will occur if I change the sentence to :
"“We must have build you up while we’ve got the chance"

The sentence becomes ungrammatical.

If you want a situation in the past (completed). Modal perfect ... past perfect.)

We must have built you up while we

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gray olive 661We must build you up while we’ve got the chance.

we've got = we have got = we have

"have got" is the present perfect of "get" in form, but it is used idiomatically with present-tense meaning.

I've got = I have;
he's got = he has;
they've got = they have;
etc.

As an idiom

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gray olive 661What is the meaning of sentence below:
We must build you up while we’ve got the chance.

There's not enough context to be sure. "build you up" might be physical, and then it might have to do with doing exercises to increase muscle mass. Or "build you up" might be psychological, and then it might

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