Marika33
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- May 29, 2023
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- Ukrainian
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- I've been a member of this group.
Same here:
- I'd been a member of this group.
Could you please give me an example (some context) in which it is only possible to use the present perfect (have/has been member of), referring to a past time period.It is possible to say 'I have been a member of this group' referring to a past time period, but we normally say I was a member of this group once or I used to be a member of this group. Note that the have of the present perfect for is usually uncontracted in this meaning,
I was a member of forum A from 2015 to 2020 and Forum B from 2014 to 2016. I am no longer a member of these forums. I have feen a member of UE since 2015. I am still a member of UE.Could you please give me an example (some context) in which it is only possible to use the present perfect (have/has been member of), referring to a past time period.
Could you please give me an example (some context) in which it is only possible to use the present perfect (have/has been member of), referring to a past time period.
Great explanation, thank you so much! It's especially important to see the comparison from above with the time phrase "since 2015".I have been a member of Using English for eight years.
This implies (without additional context) that you are still a member but it could mean that you are not still a member, and that you're just talking about your life experience.
So, even adding "for [an amount of time]" to a present perfect sentence doesn't make it necessarily mean that the period is still unfinished (or finished just recently), it could have also ended a long time ago, right?
e.g.
- Have you ever worked hard for ten years on something that then came out and got a lot of hate?