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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Hi,
The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting, but if he breaks it, he'll be a true hybrid.
I really don't understand why is the present perfect tense used in this sentence.
We use this tense when we want to talk about unfinished actions that started in the past and continue to the present. Usually we use it to say 'how long' an action or state has continued with 'since' and 'for'.
And yet, I can't see any connection with this sentence. He hasn't broken the curse yet. The speaker didn't mentioned nothing about time.
Anyone?
The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting, but if he breaks it, he'll be a true hybrid.
I really don't understand why is the present perfect tense used in this sentence.
We use this tense when we want to talk about unfinished actions that started in the past and continue to the present. Usually we use it to say 'how long' an action or state has continued with 'since' and 'for'.
And yet, I can't see any connection with this sentence. He hasn't broken the curse yet. The speaker didn't mentioned nothing about time.
Anyone?
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He hasn't broken the curse yet . -- This is the point: the 'non-breakiing' continues to Now; this condition/non-action is unfinished.
- He hasn't broken the curse yet .
- -- This is the point: the 'non-breakiing' continues to Now; this condition/non-action is unfinished.
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He hasn't broken the curse yet. -- This is the point: the 'non-breakiing' continues to Now; this condition/non-action is unfinished.
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Hi,
The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting, but if he breaks it, he'll be a true hybrid.
I really don't understand why is the present perfect tense used in this sentence. The Present Perfect tells us that the curse has worked in the past, up until the present, and that this fact is important to the present situation
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The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting, but if he breaks it, he'll be a true hybrid.
I really don't understand why is the present perfect tense used in this sentence. The Present Perfect tells us that the curse has worked in the past, up until the present, and that this fact is important to the present situation
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So, I can conclude from all this that I don't have to use some time word like 'since' and 'for'. I mean if it's not necessary?
I have saved that secret so long. I can't resist anymore. I'm going to explode. --- I still have that secret in my head. Is that right?
I have saved that secret so long. I can't resist anymore. I'm going to explode. --- I still have that secret in my head. Is that right?
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