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Dear Readers ,I have a confusion regarding the following sentences 1.) The person at the door was he/The person at the door was him. The person at the door was I/ The person at the door was me. In such sentences what is the subject and what is the object? The problem is that if you flip the...

He has been selected and has played for the team 5 times this year.He has played and scored for his team.Maybe it's as a result of the separation by selected in the first sentence, but for me it sounds better with has repeated.The second sentence, for me, sounds OK as it is.Sorry, I don't...

A has been sentenced to 10 years and has served 5 of them (so far).So you're saying that without has it sounds like served is in past tense instead of present perfect reusing the first 'has'.I interpret signed here as present perfect tense, borrowing the have before paid.What do you...

Dear Grammar Geek , I also think the way you do. I have consulted a lot of grammar books ,and all of them say the present perfect must be used after "it/this is the first/second/third...time ".I think " this is the first time I am participating in ,,, " is not good English .

Thanks, CJ. I understand would love = want to. You pointed what I'm stuck with. I think the sentence is technically not a conditional, because Steve is going to run the ad here whether the audience has seen it or not. Actually he does, I've seen it on iTunes. I remember that my grammar...

Hi teachersCould you please help me understand the following:My grammar book says the present perfect is used with " It/this is the first time ": . This is the first time I’ve seen such a car . It’s the first time he has driven a car. But I see somebody write "this is the first...

Hi,I have trouble distinguishing what looks to be an object-less passive (or possibly, a participle acting as an adjective) and present perfect in conceptual terms. How are they different functionally?Everything is changed. vs. Everything has changed He is arisen vs. He has arisenAlso,...

You are more likely to find these in newspapers. It's almost a characteristic of journalistic style -- or sometimes perhaps a slip of the pen!CJ

Hi N2G,I seem to remember us talking about this about a week ago. You can use the present perfect with any temporal marker that is still current, i.e. today, this morning (assuming it is before noon), this week, this month, etc., but never with the past.

No necessarily. Any time the temporal marker is still current (now, this morning, this week, etc.) it is appropriate to use the present perfect.