[Grammar] I have finished my exam finally!

Hello Dears,

I have finished my exam finally! I am so happy.
Why on the mentioned sentence we should use "present perfect "?! finished exams is an finished action , Could we use simple past?!
Thanks.

You could say: "I finished my exams today".

bhaisahab said:

You could say: "I finished my exams today".

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Thanks.So, what is the reason of using 'present perfect' on my first post.?!

nininaz said:

Thanks. So what is the reason for using the present perfect in my first post? Use only a single, appropriate punctuation mark.

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If you didn't write it yourself, who did?

Rover_KE said:

If you didn't write it yourself, who did?

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I saw that example on Youtube .

nininaz said:

what is the reason of using 'present perfect' on my first post.?!

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Because the present perfect can apply to the recent past. For example, 'I have just finished my exam'.

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Matthew Wai said:

Because the present perfect can apply to the recent past. For example, 'I have just finished my exam'.

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Thanks.Could we say "because of the connection to the present"?
She is happy.why?! done in the past but result is , her happiness

The present perfect always suggests some kind of connection between the past and the present, regardless of how recent those past events may be.
So, yes, we could say it about both of the examples - with and without "just".

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Weaver67 said:

The present perfect always suggests some kind of connection between the past and the present

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There should be no such connection when the present perfect is applied to a future action.

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Yes, I agree that saying "always" is a bit of exaggeration; the same can be said in the case of the present simple not suggesting anything about the present when it is applied to a future action. However, in the context given, and the question being discussed, we can still say that the most common and typical use of the present perfect is what I mentioned above.

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