In traditional grammar books you may have read that the present perfect tense is not used with adverbs referring to definite periods of time. This is quite confusing. Although the present perfect tense is not usually used with adverbs referring to finished periods of time, it is quite common with definite time adverbs. I have worked here for three years …
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Form Affirmative I have written She has written. You have written. Negative I have not written. She has not written. You have not written. Question Have I written? Has she written? Have you written? We can use the present perfect tense to say that a finished action or event is connected with the present in some way.Past …
The present perfect tense generally represents an action which has been completed within a period of time that extends up to the present. Have you seen him this morning? Have you seen him today? I have never seen him before. We have endured his tyranny for three years now. Grammar notes The present perfect is a present tense. So when you use the present perfect, the action …
