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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Use of present perfect

Hi. Can we use the present perfect with an adverb that denotes something that is unfinished (ongoing?)?
  

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Hi,Anon. Will you provide us with an example? Strictly speaking, no .

  • Hi,Anon.
  • Will you provide us with an example?
  • Strictly speaking, no .
  • Something "ongoing" usually takes Present Progressive.
  • Give us some examples and we will help you to figure out.
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Hi,Anon. Will you provide us with an example?

Strictly speaking, no. Something "ongoing" usually takes Present Progressive. Give us some examples and we will help you to figure out.
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Hi,
How about something like this?
I have almost finished my homework.

Best wishes, Clive.
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Hi, Clive. That's why I asked for examples. Emotion: smile

I'm still eating my cheeseburger.

Is it possible not to use P
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Hi,
I'm still eating my cheeseburger.

Is it possible not to use Present Perfect here? Sure. Sounds fine. Here are a few other things you could say.

I still haven't finished my cheeseburger.

I still haven't finished eating my cheeseburger.

Other common, related adverbs are 'almost' and 'yet'.

Well, let's see what kind of examples the
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Thanks. I didn't have any examples in mind when I wrote the first post. Sorry. So, can we use present perfect with an adverb that denote something that is unfinished? I think I heard or saw from someone or somewhere that you can't.
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Hi,
Is there something that you don't like about the examples I already gave?

Clive

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