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Old 06-May-2004, 02:44
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I've seen her. Yesterday, as a matter of fact. :wink:


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You've changed the punctuation.
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Is that the existential past perfect?
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Only in a diontapedal sense.
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Indeed, if you use "present perfect", you simply mean that the effect of the verb is still going on. But "simple past" signifies an accomplished event, does not it?
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Indeed, if you use "present perfect", you simply mean that the effect of the verb is still going on. But "simple past" signifies an accomplished event, does not it?
Welcome! :D

Yes, that's true, but the present perfect doesn't necessarily mean, 'still on going'. It's more like the event continues up until now, the present moment, then ends or continues on. Consider,

EX: He died. (He is dead)
EX: He has died. (He is dead)

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I saw her yesterday
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I saw her yesterday
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That wasn't too tricky, was it?
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