By Present perfect, Tenses

That's absolutely correct; we aren't specific as to when an action occured with the pres. perf. In this case, I think the implication is that I have been good for some time now, and last night, I even went to bed early.

Considering "last night", I wouldn't use the present perfect tense and replace it with the past tense.

Hey!Am I right in using "went" instead of "gone"?"I've been very good and even went to bed early last night."Thanks!

Can anyone please tell me which one of the two sentences below is grammatically correct, and why? I am still confused as to which tense to use, the present perfect or the perfect past tense."A friend of mine has sent me an e-mail asking why I haven't yet sent him...

Simple Present: I study English Present Continuous: I am studying English Present Perfect: I have studied English Present Perfect Continuous: I have been studying English Simple Past: I studied English Past Perfect: ? Past Prefect Continuous:? Future: I will study English Future Continuous:...

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.

I wish I could remember a good example of present perfect tense used with a time in the past. I remember GG used it once and was supported by other non-native speakers like Kooyeen if I remember correctly. I'll post a good example when I come across one. Thanks, CJ.I hope all present perfect...

I see. I think I know why it works well for the documentary. Here you try to seperate the two different times using formatting and dots. The same effect was easily achieved by a break in taping. Actually, I don't recall the narator using 'later' in her narration at all. She may have...

Present perfect is used when some action happened in the past but result remains now, action completed in the recent past but result not finished yet,and past perfect is used when any action happened before another past action.