http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aPresent+perfect+tag%3aProofreading&tag=Present+perfect,Proofreading&orTags=0Search results for 'tag:Present perfect tag:Proofreading' matching tags 'Present perfect' and 'Proofreading'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3232.18851)http://www.englishforums.com/English/AfterHavingLostPresentPerfect/bwzhc/post.htm#124391Sat, 06 Aug 2005 02:15:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:124391Mister Micawber<br> Globetrotter, you must really compose your posts more carefully, and take more time in proofreading them before you post (click 'Preview' below the message box first, not 'Post'). <br> <br> I'm not sure what you are enquiring about, but the nonfinite clause <i>after having done</i> = <i>after doing</i> in most contexts.&nbsp; The former stresses the recent completion of the event, and yes, connects it more to the subsequent action as a consequence or other related event.&nbsp; It is not the perfect aspect, since it is nonfinite, and just expresses general completion.&nbsp; A 'past perfect' form does not exist.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ProofreadingGrammar/zvxr/post.htmFri, 19 Mar 2004 16:57:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:25959camilusCould you please check the following sentences and correct them for me? <br /> <br />Proofreading <br /> <br />1. He would tennis when he was a teenager and still plays now. <br />2. It's up to me I won't be denied, it's better to lose than never have tried to fight for love. (Does the preposition for mean here because of love or in order to find this love?) <br /> <br />Grammatical Structures <br /> <br />We say that Present Perfect Continuous expresses the idea that something started in the past and has countinud up till now, but it may still continue in the future like in the examples: <br /> <br />- She has been reading Hamlet. (She has reached a half-way point of the book and will still read it until the book is done.) <br />- She has been teaching Chemistry in the univerity. (She is a teacher and her teaching will still continue.) <br /> <br />But what about the sentence recited by Vader in Star Wars to Luke: I've been waiting for you. Doesn't his waiting ends with the moment he says the sentence? <br /> <br />Thank you very much in advance <br />Best regards.