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Hello,
I am struggling to understand the function of the phrase "in the past" in the below sentence. It seems that it acts as an adverbial preposition phrase (I'm not sure about the exact term), but the question is why it has been used with the present perfect tense? If the author wanted to stress on the past, why they did not use the past perfect tense like "had in the past inhibited"?
Thank you in advance
I am struggling to understand the function of the phrase "in the past" in the below sentence. It seems that it acts as an adverbial preposition phrase (I'm not sure about the exact term), but the question is why it has been used with the present perfect tense? If the author wanted to stress on the past, why they did not use the past perfect tense like "had in the past inhibited"?
Nevertheless, the general unfamiliarity of 20th-century audiences with Baroque poetry and dramaturgy, which often appear stilted and artificial, has in the past inhibited their appreciation among nonspecialists.
Thank you in advance