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1 Your grammar is not complete present perfect serves other purposes than something happened or never happened before now or some time in the past which sounds to me more like a definition of the simple past tense Present perfect by definition includes an action condition continuing from the...

Thank you Mr M As to question 1 how would this passive present perfect phrase as Sunni insurgent have been disloged indicate a continuing action to the present My grammar seems to show that the present perfect expresses the idea that something happened or never happened before now or some time in...

Regarding your first question this is just a matter of the grammar of the word wish What is wished is never placed in a present point of view tense present present perfect future A past point of view tense is substituted past past perfect future of the past would Note the contrast with the...

1 We usually use present continuous tense refers to something happening right at this moment Here are two sentences from my grammar book A few artists live in town today A few artists are living in town today What does the second sentence mean here I think the first one is definitely accepted in...

Kilimanjaro wrote Bokeh wrote Kilimanjaro wrote a In those days a man might have been hanged for stealing a sheep b In those days they might have hanged a man for stealing a sheep Your sentences are wrong because they are refering to the past but your use of might is present Its not my sentence...

But this one is correct From grammar book I was sure I had never heard the song before Why is it correct

CalifJim wrote I know that we use Present Perfect simple when an action or situation started in the past and still continues in the present lt gt So he s still working for XYZ I think we ve been around this block quite a few times but apparently we still haven t seen all the sights so here we go...

Onh1986 wrote CalifJim wrote Still working No not necessarily Maybe he is still working for them and maybe he isn t CJ I know that we use Present Perfect simple when an action or situation started in the past and still continues in the present So he s still working for XYZ Am I right Hi onh we...

I know that we use Present Perfect simple when an action or situation started in the past and still continues in the present So he s still working for XYZ I think we ve been around this block quite a few times but apparently we still haven t seen all the sights so here we go again You are...

CalifJim wrote lt lt what happens when one person says something that contains present perfect and the other person answers using past simple gt gt Here s what happens The person who answers is punished by the grammar police CJ Grammar police It s frightening W A you d better be careful