guzhao67
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Hi there: linguistic terminology confuses me a lot. i cannot tell the difference between present perfective and present perfect. i was told perfective aspect marks completeness, while imperfective part, and in English we use simple tenses to convey perfective aspect, and ing form to mark imperfective aspect; so, there should be two aspects in english. am i correct? for example:
i read Hamlet last night (perfective aspect OR simple aspect)
i'm reading Hamlet (imprefective aspect OR progressive aspect)
but:
i've read Hamlet (it's often called present perfective, is this a kind of aspect?)
i read Hamlet last night (perfective aspect OR simple aspect)
i'm reading Hamlet (imprefective aspect OR progressive aspect)
but:
i've read Hamlet (it's often called present perfective, is this a kind of aspect?)