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| Yoong: do you think the following sentence is incorrect? «In 2002, Stricklin struggled mightily and was soon released. That was the last time he has driven a NASCAR race.» |
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The 3 chief uses of pp:
1 state present perfect
used with stative verb senses to refer to a state that began in the past and extends to the present and perhaps even further.
I have been learning English for four years.
2 the event present perfect
event(s) happened in a period leading up tho the present.
two subclasses:
a) recently happened
I have got a new pair of Nike air max 360 shoes.
b) some indefinite time in the past:
Have you seen my new shoes? (until this moment in the present?)
The implicit time frame leads up to the present
3 habitual pp
dynamic verb sense, events, happening many times, in the past and in the present.
I have been bed-ridden for four days
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"In 2002, Stricklin struggled mightily and was soon released. That was the last time he has driven a NASCAR race"
correct, provided there are chances he will race again -- 2b category
It has been a while since I first/last wrote anything here -- while = the period of time that has passed since the last/first writing --
It has been a while since I have been writing -- while = period of time in which I have put in posts in this forum.