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British English and American English Have Different Rules For The Use of The Present Perfect
British English and American English Have Different Rules For The Use of The Present Perfect
British English and American English Have Different Rules For The Use of The Present Perfect
the use of the present perfect. The comments being made here
and the exercises state the correct grammar for British English.
However, in American English, it is often considered acceptable
to use the past simple in some of these examples.)
We use the present perfect when we want to look back from the
present to the past.
Often when we look back on the recent past we use the words
'just' 'already' or the word 'yet' (in negatives and questions
only).
Often when we look back on the more distant past we use the
words 'ever' (in questions) and 'never'.
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