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Kingston123 Posted 8 years ago
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Why this sentence is "present perfect"?
I have walked on this path before.
Why this sentence is "present perfect"? We use present perfect to describe an action when the time is not important.
But here time is specified.
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kingston123 Why this sentence is "present perfect"? We use present perfect to describe an action when the time is not important. Not "when the time is not important", but "when the specific time is not mentioned".
- kingston123 Why this sentence is "present perfect"?
- We use present perfect to describe an action when the time is not important.
- Not "when the time is not important", but "when the specific time is not mentioned".
- There is no specific time mentioned here.
- By itself "before" means at any time in the past, and we don't know when, and not at a specific time in the past, for example when you did something else: I have walked on this path before I took a swim at the river.
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kingston123Why this sentence is "present perfect"? We use present perfect to describe an action when the time is not important.
Not "when the time is not important", but "when the specific time is not mentioned".
There is no specific time mentioned here. By itself "before" means at any time in the past, and we don't know when, and not at a spe
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