"I've written a book on Urdu literature".

[farhankhan2007]

Hello all,

I have been studying present perfect from a few days now and I really get confused sometimes when I hear some native speakers. I try to match those sentences with the present perfect rule and sometimes those sentences don't fit in those rules.
I have learnt that present perfect should have some connection with the present and also read that it can be used to say about an event that has accourred sometime in the past where the time is not important or unknown.
I want to know if I can say or write this below sentence.
"I've wriiten a book on Urdu literature".
Here I dont know the exact time when the event has occured nor do I think the time is important.
I would just like to say this to a person who is may be interviewing me or may be having a chat with me.

Can I use present perfect for normal scenarios where I dont wish to give time periods and the action got completed sometime in the past. Or does it have to have a present context attached to it always.

My apologies if I am not clear as I am confused like anything.

Thankyou.

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: "I've wriiten a book on Urdu literature".

Your sentence in incorrect because "written" is spelled incorrectly. However, the tense you have used is perfectly acceptable.

 

[farhankhan2007]

So can we connect future incidents with the present perfect? Like this one for example "Scientists have discovered a medicine which would help us cure some deadly diseases". Or may be this one "Once you have finished your work we can go out for dinner".

I have also read in newspapers wherein present perfect is used to write about news (finished actions) and is followed by a past tense.
Example " A driver has crashed his car, he ran into a pole".

 

[andrewg927]

Hello all,

I have been studying the present perfect [STRIKE]from[/STRIKE] for a few days now and I really get confused sometimes when I hear some native speakers. I try to match those sentences with the present perfect rules and sometimes those sentences don't fit in with those rules.

I have learnt that the present perfect should have some connection with the present and also [STRIKE]read[/STRIKE] that it can be used to say about an event that has [STRIKE]accourred[/STRIKE] occurred sometime in the past where [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] time is not important or unknown.

I want to know if I can say or write this below sentence.

"I've [STRIKE]wriiten[/STRIKE] written a book on Urdu literature".

Here I [STRIKE]dont[/STRIKE] don't know the exact time when the event [STRIKE]has[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]occured[/STRIKE] occured nor do I think the time is important.

I would just like to say this to a person who [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] may be interviewing me or may be having a chat with me.

Can I use the present perfect for normal scenarios where I [STRIKE]dont[/STRIKE] don't wish to give the time periods and the action got completed sometime in the past. Or does it have to have a present context always attached to it [STRIKE]always[/STRIKE][STRIKE].[/STRIKE] ?

My apologies if I am not as clear as I am confused [STRIKE]like anything[/STRIKE].

[STRIKE]Thankyou[/STRIKE] Thank you.

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