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Tanner92 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Since he has provided the context , it has been easy for me to help you

Hello.

Since he has provided the context, it has been easy for me to help you.

Is it correct to use present perfect in the second part of the sentence? I would expect "it is easy..." because this respond came right after the context was provided and from that standpoint I don't see any reason why this tense should be used. In case it is correct, what does that emphasise?

Thank you very much.

T.
  

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Tanner92 Is it correct to use present perfect ... Yes. " ...

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Tanner92Is it correct to use present perfect ...
Yes.
Tanner92I would expect "it is easy..." ...
That's also OK.
Tanner92In case it is correct, what does that emphasise?
I don't sense any emphasis of anything either way.

CJ
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That's very interesting. I would not go back to this question however after asking my teacher - it seems to me it is quite mystery for us non native speakers to see similar sentence written in present perfect.

"It has been easy for me to help you" I would use present perfect only in such a case as " Peter is always so kind and helpful. I think it may be the reason why it has been easy f
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Tanner92The reason why present perfect doesn't sound good to me and why I am asking this question is that it is not something what has been happening - in other words it is not something with a duration. It is not emphasizing the end of something either. Therefore I would use present simple and therefore I don't understand why present perfect is possible as well.
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Thank you!

Please, could you give me a similar example where the present perfect would be used the same way as in my original "has been easy" sentence?
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Since I have lived with her, I have been very happy.
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Thanks but here it is a bit different "since". In your example it is "time" since.

In my example " Since he has provided the context, it has been easy for me to help you." since means because.

Aside of that you said that the following use of present perfect " Since he has provided the context, it has been easy for me to help you." means "recently completed event" Th
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In your sentence, the provision precedes your help whether 'since' means 'after' or 'because'. So I don't understand your problem.
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Hello again

Post number 12 - Vinnie´s first sentence - "has been easy for me" = correct? Just making sure.

Thank you!
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Since veliarius has provided the context, it has been easy for me to explain you.

It sounds wrong to me in the given context. The writer says "it has been easy", but he hasn't given the explanation yet. The time sequence is wrong. Note also that the sentence was not written by a native speaker, as is obvious from the ending "to explain you", which is not correct English.
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