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Default Re: Revisiting Present Perfect

Ronbee:
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"Have you eaten lunch at three?" is an improbable question if the speaker means at three o'clock on any day at all.
I see what you mean, but, to me, there's a difference in meaning between 'any day' and 'an unspecified day'; ICHO 'any day' means, one specific day within many choices of days, whereas 'an unspecified day' means, whenever. That is, it doesn't express a choice of day at all. It's in that way, that I believe 'at 3 o'c'ock' can express both specific time (one 3 o'clock) or unspecified time (3 o'clock whenever ~ before).

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