Present Perfect

[natasha0707]

Could you explain the difference between present perfect and past perfect?
Thank you!

[king of darkness]

thanx 4 explaination.

[Nikka1364]

Hi,
I'm a new member of this group and I'd like to partecipate to this poll.
In your example: I have sent 3 e-mails today , could I use I sent instead of I have sent ?
Thanks

[nosayr]

hey,
the answer goes like that:

i have been trying to choose the right answer all day long ,yet, i didn't manage to do that .


was that right?

[natasha0707]

I would like to recomend you an excellent grammar book 'How English Works'-Oxford .There is a very good explanation for Present Perfect

[Omar!]

Of course the correct answer is :
have sent => Present perfect

But ,
have been sending => present perfect continuous

[Murtadha Ali]

I agree with Todl because it is very hard to say the correct answer and we don't have the specific action.....

anyway thanks for getting examples...
Murtadha Ali

[vekarppe]

I have been sending that email to you. Is this right?

[Tdol]

It doesn't work for me, because the action sounds complete; I have sent the email. However, if you had many messages, you could say 'I have been sending emails all morning'.

[vekarppe]

Originally Posted by Tdol

However, if you had many messages, you could say 'I have been sending emails all morning'.

I see, thanks.