The perfect aspect
can someone please explain the perfect aspect in general?
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What you're calling the 'perfect aspect' is more commonly called the 'perfect tense'. It's a big topic -- too big to explain fully here -- so I suggest you let Google be your friend. org/wiki/Perfect
- What you're calling the 'perfect aspect' is more commonly called the 'perfect tense'.
- It's a big topic -- too big to explain fully here -- so I suggest you let Google be your friend.
- org/wiki/Perfect
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What you're calling the 'perfect aspect' is more commonly called the 'perfect tense'.
It's a big topic -- too big to explain fully here -- so I suggest you let Google be your friend. Wiki is reasonably helpful:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect
0I can try to explain if you still have questions. On another post here, I shared a link to a chart from Dorothy Azar, which explains all the tenses very well in a visual way.
note: If you're reading in North American texts, it has become almost interchangeable with the past simple, which may be confusing you. Also, if your first language doesn't use it, let me know.
0anonymouscan someone please explain the perfect aspect in general?
As a very general guide, the perfect aspect is used in British English in a retrospective sense. The speaker considers an earlier situation from the standpoint of a later time.
0anonymousCan someone please explain the perfect aspect in general?
In general it's using have (has, have, had) as an auxiliary verb followed by a past participle.
Here are sentences which exhibit perfect aspect.
We have already seen that movie.
The boss
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