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  1. 06-Nov-2005, 19:27 #1
    yaza
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    Smile perfect: present or past

    besides the sentence structure what is the semantic difference between past perfect and present perfect?
  2. 08-Nov-2005, 01:52 #2
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    Default Re: perfect: present or past

    The present perfect as a relation to present time and the past perfet to some time in the past.
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