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Current relevance: “She has broken her leg” vs. “She broke her leg yesterday”
Canonical Post #2: What is the perfect, and how should I use it?“Kristina 'has passed'/'passed' her exam! She 'has got'/'got' 90%”Present Perfect but with specifying the time in the pastCan we use the present perfect in this case?“she is leaving early because she finished her work” or “she is leaving early because she has finished her work”?Past simple vs present perfect vs past continouosAbout recent actionsRecent past “ something just happened ”Function of “Just” and Current Relevance in Present Perfect TenseI had done and I was happyPresent Perfect after Since
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I've been taught that the Present perfect tense is used when an action happened in the past and it is important now (or when it happened in the past and it is still ongoing).
Though, look at these examples:
Carla can't play basketball. She has broken her leg.
Carla can't play basketball. She broke her leg yesterday
The first example is the same as the second one, but the 2nd example is just using simple past tense. So, why grammar says that we have to use Present perfect tense when the action has an influence in the present since I can use simple past tense and it would have the same influence in the present! (Like, the first example and the second one have the same influence in the present, because Carla can't play basketball today in these 2 examples)
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I've been taught that the Present perfect tense is used when an action happened in the past and it is important now (or when it happened in the past and it is still ongoing).
Though, look at these examples:
Carla can't play basketball. She has broken her leg.
Carla can't play basketball. She broke her leg yesterday
The first example is the same as the second one, but the 2nd example is just using simple past tense. So, why grammar says that we have to use Present perfect tense when the action has an influence in the present since I can use simple past tense and it would have the same influence in the present! (Like, the first example and the second one have the same influence in the present, because Carla can't play basketball today in these 2 examples)
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If you google present perfect tense, you will find numerous sites with explanations and examples that will help you understand its use.
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I've been taught that the Present perfect tense is used when an action happened in the past and it is important now (or when it happened in the past and it is still ongoing).
Though, look at these examples:
Carla can't play basketball. She has broken her leg.
Carla can't play basketball. She broke her leg yesterday
The first example is the same as the second one, but the 2nd example is just using simple past tense. So, why grammar says that we have to use Present perfect tense when the action has an influence in the present since I can use simple past tense and it would have the same influence in the present! (Like, the first example and the second one have the same influence in the present, because Carla can't play basketball today in these 2 examples)
present-perfect past-vs-present-perfect
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I've been taught that the Present perfect tense is used when an action happened in the past and it is important now (or when it happened in the past and it is still ongoing).
Though, look at these examples:
Carla can't play basketball. She has broken her leg.
Carla can't play basketball. She broke her leg yesterday
The first example is the same as the second one, but the 2nd example is just using simple past tense. So, why grammar says that we have to use Present perfect tense when the action has an influence in the present since I can use simple past tense and it would have the same influence in the present! (Like, the first example and the second one have the same influence in the present, because Carla can't play basketball today in these 2 examples)
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If you google present perfect tense, you will find numerous sites with explanations and examples that will help you understand its use.
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Isn't that enough?
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If you google present perfect tense, you will find numerous sites with explanations and examples that will help you understand its use.
– Ronald Sole
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Isn't that enough?
– Mv Log
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If you google present perfect tense, you will find numerous sites with explanations and examples that will help you understand its use.
– Ronald Sole
7 hours ago
If you google present perfect tense, you will find numerous sites with explanations and examples that will help you understand its use.
– Ronald Sole
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Isn't that enough?
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You can’t use present perfect when you are mentioning when something happened. That is why you cannot use present perfect in the second example.
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The present perfect tense is a present tense. The implied time is "Now". So "She has broken her leg yesterday" is wrong because the verb from means "now" which contradicts "yesterday".
Roughly the present perfect tense evolved from the use of the participle. The participle "broken" means that the grammatical subject receives the results of the action. This is an example of the passive. For example
Broken by the tree, John's leg was very badly hurt.
The subject (John's leg) receives the results of the participle phrase "broken by the tree".
So the present perfect evolved as "She has" (= she owns or she possesses) + "broken" (=the results of breaking). Just as it would be wrong to say "She has a ball yesterday"*, it is incorrect to say "She has broken her leg yesterday".
So it is correct to say
She can't play; she has broken her leg.
And it is correct, but less good, to say:
She can't play; she broke her leg.
It is incorrect to say
She can't play; she has broken her leg yesterday.
While it is completely correct to say
She can't play; she broke her leg yesterday.
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You can’t use present perfect when you are mentioning when something happened. That is why you cannot use present perfect in the second example.
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The present perfect tense is a present tense. The implied time is "Now". So "She has broken her leg yesterday" is wrong because the verb from means "now" which contradicts "yesterday".
Roughly the present perfect tense evolved from the use of the participle. The participle "broken" means that the grammatical subject receives the results of the action. This is an example of the passive. For example
Broken by the tree, John's leg was very badly hurt.
The subject (John's leg) receives the results of the participle phrase "broken by the tree".
So the present perfect evolved as "She has" (= she owns or she possesses) + "broken" (=the results of breaking). Just as it would be wrong to say "She has a ball yesterday"*, it is incorrect to say "She has broken her leg yesterday".
So it is correct to say
She can't play; she has broken her leg.
And it is correct, but less good, to say:
She can't play; she broke her leg.
It is incorrect to say
She can't play; she has broken her leg yesterday.
While it is completely correct to say
She can't play; she broke her leg yesterday.
answered 6 hours ago
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The present perfect tense is a present tense. The implied time is "Now". So "She has broken her leg yesterday" is wrong because the verb from means "now" which contradicts "yesterday".
Roughly the present perfect tense evolved from the use of the participle. The participle "broken" means that the grammatical subject receives the results of the action. This is an example of the passive. For example
Broken by the tree, John's leg was very badly hurt.
The subject (John's leg) receives the results of the participle phrase "broken by the tree".
So the present perfect evolved as "She has" (= she owns or she possesses) + "broken" (=the results of breaking). Just as it would be wrong to say "She has a ball yesterday"*, it is incorrect to say "She has broken her leg yesterday".
So it is correct to say
She can't play; she has broken her leg.
And it is correct, but less good, to say:
She can't play; she broke her leg.
It is incorrect to say
She can't play; she has broken her leg yesterday.
While it is completely correct to say
She can't play; she broke her leg yesterday.
answered 6 hours ago
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The present perfect tense is a present tense. The implied time is "Now". So "She has broken her leg yesterday" is wrong because the verb from means "now" which contradicts "yesterday".
Roughly the present perfect tense evolved from the use of the participle. The participle "broken" means that the grammatical subject receives the results of the action. This is an example of the passive. For example
Broken by the tree, John's leg was very badly hurt.
The subject (John's leg) receives the results of the participle phrase "broken by the tree".
So the present perfect evolved as "She has" (= she owns or she possesses) + "broken" (=the results of breaking). Just as it would be wrong to say "She has a ball yesterday"*, it is incorrect to say "She has broken her leg yesterday".
So it is correct to say
She can't play; she has broken her leg.
And it is correct, but less good, to say:
She can't play; she broke her leg.
It is incorrect to say
She can't play; she has broken her leg yesterday.
While it is completely correct to say
She can't play; she broke her leg yesterday.
answered 6 hours ago
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The present perfect tense is a present tense. The implied time is "Now". So "She has broken her leg yesterday" is wrong because the verb from means "now" which contradicts "yesterday".
Roughly the present perfect tense evolved from the use of the participle. The participle "broken" means that the grammatical subject receives the results of the action. This is an example of the passive. For example
Broken by the tree, John's leg was very badly hurt.
The subject (John's leg) receives the results of the participle phrase "broken by the tree".
So the present perfect evolved as "She has" (= she owns or she possesses) + "broken" (=the results of breaking). Just as it would be wrong to say "She has a ball yesterday"*, it is incorrect to say "She has broken her leg yesterday".
So it is correct to say
She can't play; she has broken her leg.
And it is correct, but less good, to say:
She can't play; she broke her leg.
It is incorrect to say
She can't play; she has broken her leg yesterday.
While it is completely correct to say
She can't play; she broke her leg yesterday.
answered 6 hours ago
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If you google present perfect tense, you will find numerous sites with explanations and examples that will help you understand its use.
– Ronald Sole
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Isn't that enough?
– Mv Log
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