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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Using the present perfect sounds off

Does this sentence sound incorrect to you? Would you change the tense?
He has made sure that he presence has been felt.

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He has made sure that his presence has been felt. It's fine. It has an implication that he did some actions over an extended time, up to the present.

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  • He has made sure that his presence has been felt.
  • It's fine.
  • It has an implication that he did some actions over an extended time, up to the present.
  • You can also use the simple past, especially if it happened once.
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He has made sure that his presence has been felt.

It's fine. It has an implication that he did some actions over an extended time, up to the present. You can also use the simple past, especially if it happened once.
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