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Present perfect with"today" - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
We use present perfect to talk about past events that relate to the present, or our experience up to the present, and the simple past to talk about events entirely in the past. Because the question includes today, and today is not yet over, the appropriate question is whether as of right now you have seen her today.
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present perfect - Haven't or didn't? - English Language Learners Stack ...
2. Present Perfect and Past Simple are two concurent tenses. They often are interchangeable, especially in American English. So you can say either: I haven't received your email. or. I didn't receive your email. Note that"I didn't received your email" is not correct because you cannot use -ed form of the main verb since you already have the ...
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Canonical Post #2: What is the perfect, and how should I use it?
To begin with—and this is a constant problem for learners—the categories don’t explain when or why a speaker would employ an existential present perfect rather than a simple past. Both appear to express the ‘existence’ of a prior event: John has written five papers about the present perfect. John wrote five papers about the present ...
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present perfect - have lived vs have been living - English Language ...
2) I've been living in London for five years. I think second one is correct because we use present perfect continuous for actions started in past and is continuing in present. It depends on the context and what you want to say."I have been living in London for five years" tells us that you are still living there and that you have been living ...
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Does"always" go with Perfect Tense?
Therefore, present perfect no longer makes sense. The action can't be concluded, it's part of a rule. So, if the word"always" appears elsewhere in a sentence, you almost always want to use the regular present tense instead. Without it, present perfect is fine (instead of being a rule, it's now commenting on the pattern up until now).
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present perfect - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
The Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Continuous tense are often interchangeable when we want to express an action that continues to the present. Present Perfect Continuous for Uncompleted Actions or Events. We use this tense to express the idea of an action in progress and when we want to mention the length of its duration.
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Using"when" with Present Perfect - English Language Learners Stack ...
8. As FumbleFingers and 1006a mention in the comments, there's nothing grammatically wrong with using the present perfect with"when". However, it imbues the question with nuance, since it often implies that there has never been such an occurrence (though you would expect there should have been.) When have you written to your brother?
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phrase usage - Ever since + present perfect? - English Language ...
5. Yes, it is possible to use"ever since" with the present perfect."Ever since" links two events, a cause event and something that is true from that point in time onward. This is actually ideal for the present perfect tense because one of the uses of the present perfect tense is to indicate that something which began in the past is still ...
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present perfect - When to use"have you got/gotten it"? - English ...
1. Often, the present perfect is used to signal the past, but not when: Person 1:"Right, so, have you got (gotten it) it?. [meaning: to buy something] Person 2: Yes, I have. Person 1: Really? Just when did you get it? Person 2: About two hours ago. At the supermarket. [notice the shift in tense].
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tense - 'recently' with present perfect and past - English Language ...
1. Generally speaking, you can use the adverb"recently" in both the past simple and the present perfect, without any difference in meaning. The use of this adverb in the past is more common in AE while in the present perfect is more common in BE. However, if you look at these minutely, there is sure some difference.
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