[Grammar] Use of present perfect with a set time and unfinished action?

[White Hat]

You, guys, are so English! I love it! One must really live in America to understand what it is, what "Black" is. I wouldn't be that categorical as to whether I should never capitalise the word "black" if I choose to describe someone's color.

Black is sometimes capitalized in its racial sense, especially in the African-American press, though the lowercase form is still widely used by authors of all races.

I've capitalized the word "black" meaning the race, not the actual color of the skin.

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[White Hat]

No they don't. Did they say that sentence? Is the old guy's name Heather?
Sorry, but I don't follow your point. If you present your argument in a more traditional way, I might be able to respond sensibly to it.

That statement is by someone from that family. I wonder why no Americans prove me wrong. It just sounds right to me. It sounds so Hollywood, so New York.

 

[Barb_D]

I live in a place where people routinely say "I've went" so I'm sure there are Americans who say "He's been gone to X since Y" but I call it utterly non-standard. I would definitely edit in writing and correct my children if they said it.