By Regards, Present perfect

Ok, thanks a lot. I think now I can better understand all the forms of present perfect. But I have to say all grammar books and all website I have seen so far haven't been very clear about this question. And I don't now why! Thank you very much! We will surely meet again in this forum Regards

Dear Mr Micawber, On a handout I read: "Some verbs connot be used in the present perfect. Name a few." So what the teacher should've written was "in the present perfect PROGRESSIVE", then? Kind regards, Hela

Hi everybody I would like to know if there is a difference in meaning between the sentences: I brought you something I have brought you something when you are giving a gift to someone just at the moment you arrive at their house. I say it because I saw the former but it makes more sense to...

Hi all, I'd like to know if i can say: 'have you got it' insted of 'did you got it' when someone is talking to me and then ask me that question to see if i understood him. I suppose this is because in my mother tongue we tend to use the present perfect for recent events. Please , what's the...

Dear Tallulah, It is perhaps impolite of me to say so. But it is not a present perfect progressive in this sentence: «I have known him for five years». Here is a present perfect progressive: «I have been seeing him for five years». It is «have been» with the present participle. May I say...

In the following sentence, past tense and present perfect tense have been used together. I am wondering if this is an acceptable practice. He effortlessly switched over to Oracle two years ago, and his amazing engineering feats have continued without a pause. Regards Krishna

Dear SpoonFedBaby, Your meaning is now clear to me. Speaker B has not concluded his study of English. The simple past is therefore incorrect. Here is my amendment. SpeakerA says, "The English on this website is full of mistakes." SpeakerB says, "I've only just found this website. I’ve not...

It is an interesting question. Speaker B says "I just found this website." *He found the website recently. In British English you may also say «I have just found this website». "I’ve not looked at it much yet." *He expects to look at it again, therefore he uses the present perfect. The...

Have has many meanings as a transitive verb and two usages as a verbal auxiliary. Transitive verb: -I have a car. -He had three sons. -He had his opponent cornered. -I have a letter to write. He had a concert to conduct.

Thanx. I though so. I was confused by following definition: “The Present Perfect Continuous tense is used to express continuous, ongoing actions which have already been completed at the time of speaking or writing.” And according to this definition I believed using Present perfect...