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[Eslam Elbyaly]

Hi,
The following is a dialogue of an american TV series, I want to know whether the ( 's ) of the red colored verb refers to "is" or "has",
- A man and his wife are talking about an annoying man whom the wife want him to work with his husband but the husband is so pissed off of that.
- It looks like it refers to "has" but I know that American native speakers tend to use the simple past over the past perfect. So I think it's simple present in a passive form, am I right?

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I just feel bad for
him, that's all.


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00:05:58,892 --> 00:06:00,893
He's like a... Like
a full-grown dog


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that's still at the pet shop.


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00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:04,930
You know, they slashed
the price 5 times,


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but you know he ain't
goin' anywhere.


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And you know why?
'Cause he's annoying!


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Oh, all right. You know what?


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It's your work. I'm sorry. I
shouldn't have interfered.


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00:06:15,409 --> 00:06:18,978
That's right. It's my work, ok?
And I don't want him there.


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00:06:19,046 --> 00:06:20,713
I don't know what
the big deal is.


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The big deal is what I
just said over there, ok?


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Don't want him working
where I work.


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I'm at the closet now,
but nothing's changed.


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The feeling moves with me!

 

[GoesStation]

The red apostrophe-s represents has. It's the auxiliary for the present perfect has changed.

All the others are is. The ain't is a nonstandard but common form of isn't.

 

[Eslam Elbyaly]

Could you, please explain to me why you believe it refers to "has" not "is"?
I think there is nothing wrong with it being "is". The meaning won't change.

 

[emsr2d2]

"Nothing is changed" doesn't make sense there. That sentence ("Nothing is changed") can only refer to a habitual action.

What has changed since the last time you were here?
Nothing has changed. :tick:
Nothing is changed. :cross:

What is changed about the plot each time you do a rewrite?
Nothing is changed. I keep the plot exactly the same. Only the character names are changed. :tick:
Nothing has changed. :cross:

In the original sentence, the speaker is comparing the situation at the closet now to the last time they were there. The present perfect "Nothing has changed [since I was last here]" fits this scenario.

 

[teechar]

Hi,
The following is a dialogue [STRIKE]of[/STRIKE] from an American TV series. I want to know whether the ('s) [STRIKE]of the[/STRIKE] (in red) [STRIKE]colored verb refers to[/STRIKE] is short for "is" or "has".

the husband is so pissed off [STRIKE]of[/STRIKE] about that.

Note that the underlined colloquialism is very casual and not always appropriate.