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Hey, in all the grammar books and on the internet you can read that "so far" indicates present perfect. My question is, if there are situations where this expression goes with past simple? e.g.: He didn't so far. or He hasn't done so far. I think both are correct, but there is a big...
I agree with Thelb4. That sentence is not correct. It needs the Past Simple, not the Present Perfect. Examples of "... until can be used with the present perfect when referring to the future (to show completion):" would be something like - We won't know if he's injured until we have found him. - I won't know if the meal is good until I have ...
It says to its students that you use present simple tense with words such as often, always, usually and similar words. I already know it is not that black and white and sometimes present continuous can be used with these words as well. The case where I find it strange to use these words with present perfect continuous tense.
Hi, In another thread, I saw that "recently" could go with present simple, present perfect, and past simple. For instance: -Ken gets up earlier recently. -Ken has got up earlier recently. -Ken began to get up earlier recently. I am wondering why this word can match these three different...
If that period of time ended before the present (in other words if time has passed since the period of time you have in mind), use past tense. If not, use present perfect. * I can think of only two exceptions: (1) "have got" and "has got" are present perfect in form, but they are usually not about having gotten but about having.
I have seen "now'' used with the simple present tense and the present progressive tense. But I have not seen ''now'' used in the present perfect tense. But here in this site, I saw it used with the present perfect tense. I could not comprehend the meaning of "now" in that sentence. The sentence...
The present perfect simple talks about how much/how many have been completed. Then if that is so, it will be logical to think that the question word 'how long' is mostly used with the present perfect continuos, but also with the present perfect if I use 'how long' with a stative verb. Eg. 1. How long have you been painting her apartment?
Hello there! According to my grammar book (English Grammar in Use, Raymond Murphy), you have to say "It's the first time he has driven a car." Then, accordingly, you say "It was the first time he had driven a car." How about "It has been the first time?" And "It will be the first time" and...
When we use the present perfect tense, however, we have to be careful NOT to specify that the action happened at an earlier time. So getting back to your earlier question, you can use the present perfect after ‘it is the first time’, but not after ‘it was the first time’ ‘It is the first time that Peters has beaten the world champion’
The use of the perfect here (at least for me) emphasises the idea that we have a finished product, whereas the sentence with the present tense does not. And there's also the issue of a finished state: "after he'd stopped running, he began with the rest of his exercising routine". For me the perfect tense emphasises that idea of a finished state.