English 1b3 Posted 16 years agoGrammar
Question about the present perfect
What variables determine when the present perfect action is still ocurring in the present?
For example, I know states in the present perfect continue into the present: I have been unwell.
But when can action verbs in the present perfect express that the action is still occurring in the present?
I think time adverbials is a variable that can make it continue into the present:
I have lived here/I have led sports teams.
I have lived here for five years/I have led sports teams for five years,
Other variables? Certain types of verbs?