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Guest  +  86492 Mon, 04 Apr 05 07:04 AM
I would like to know the difference between past perfect and present perfect tense with clear and simple examples
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abbie1948  +  86639 Mon, 04 Apr 05 04:48 PM
Hi Guest,
Try these sites:

Past perfect.

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/Tenses11.cfm

Present perfect
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/Tenses4.cfm
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/Tenses5.cfm
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/Tenses6.cfm
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/Tenses7.cfm
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Hope that helps. Abbie
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Anonymous, 3 yr 358 days ago

i have sent and i had sent difference

Philip  +  164267 Tue, 29 Nov 05 04:17 PM

"Perfect", gramatically speaking, means "past, completed", althought we don't always use them that way.  But, simply:

Present perfect for an action that has happened in the past (before now):  I have eaten there before; I have always enjoyed his company; I have finished my homework [the exact time of the action cannot be mentioned, as it may with the simple past].

Past perfect for an action that occured before another related past action:  I had eaten before they arrived; I had always enjoyed his company before he insulted me; I had finished my homework by the time my favorite TV show came on.
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pieanne  +  164274 Tue, 29 Nov 05 04:25 PM

I'd say present perfect for an action that has happened at some undetermined moment in the past; moreover, the present perfect is always related to the present, one way or the other.

 
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Anonymous, 3 yr 243 days ago

        I'd like to know the difference between past perfect and present perfect with clear and simple examples in courteous oganisation with respect to English grammer.

 Thanks.

Anonymous, 2 yr 183 days ago

Nose cuando usar el presente perfecto o el pasado perfecto. Me confunden los dos.

Tampoco me sale mucho lo de Word Formation !!! Y nose como voy a hacer en la preuba.

alguien me puede ayudar?

Marius Hancu  +  369701 Thu, 24 May 07 10:13 AM
Try the previous threads here, there are many of them, most of them with examples:

http://www.englishforums.com/search/past+perfect+present+perfect+.htm
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Anonymous, 1 yr 308 days ago
Please can you post difference between past perfect tense and present perfect tense, parts of speech, present and past words to me ,I want to improve my  speaking English, also help me with relevant things.I will be greatful if you send it in to  me e-mail 
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