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 Re: past simple/present perfect
More. :) From: http://forums.delphiforums.com/dicti...es?msg=14104.7 Also, on perhaps the most important use of the present perfect-- its reference to a recently completed action that has bearing on the present-- here's the linguist John McWhorter (from "The Power of Babel"):
"In English we distinguish 'I found the money' from 'I have found the money'; the former implies that the event is past and done, whereas the latter implies that the effects of the finding extend into the present, that the finding of the money will serve as the basis for further developments."
Also, go to: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzo...ar/ppvpast.htm
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