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Now, as for your second question... Past simple vs. Present perfect. First know this. English only has 2 tenses! even though most people think it has many more. The two tenses are present, and past. The other aspects are created using combinations
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"is" doesn't seem to be a verb like (say) "runs" insofar as it isn't qualified by an adverb. If it's ... an adverb: = this food well is = this car well runs *Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,* 11th ed.,
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raymond s. wise
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< It seems to me that the meaning would depend upon the function of the word. To take another verb as an example of this principle, in "I think, therefore I am," the verb "am" is functioning as an intransitive verb, with the
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