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Grammars usually say that the present perfect tenses cannot be used together with expressions pf finished time - we can say I have seen him or I saw him yesterday , but not I have seen him yesterday . In fact, such structure are unusual but not impossible (though learners should avoid them)....

E-mail back from my friend: I got a Swan at hand (1995 ed) now and it should be the same as your friend’s. Ask him to read 419.3: Grammars usually say that the present perfect tenses cannot be used together with expressions of finished time – we can say “I have seen him” or “I saw him...

Teo wrote: Grammars usually say that the present perfect tenses cannot be used together with expressions pf finished time - we can say I have seen him or I saw him yesterday , but not I have seen him yesterday . In fact, such structure are unusual but not impossible (though learners should...

Teo wrote: Grammars usually say that the present perfect tenses cannot be used together with expressions pf finished time - we can say I have seen him or I saw him yesterday , but not I have seen him yesterday . In fact, such structure are unusual but not impossible (though learners should...

Grammars usually say that the present perfect tenses cannot be used together with expressions pf finished time - we can say I have seen him or I saw him yesterday , but not I have seen him yesterday . In fact, such structure are unusual but not impossible (though learners should avoid them)....