Timeline for Can the choice between Present Perfect vs Past Simple be influenced by external events?
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| Jan 23, 2016 at 1:59 | comment | added | michael_timofeev | Acceptable by who, and under what conditions and context? Also was this done in the US or the UK? | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 17:57 | vote | accept | Spotter | ||
| Jan 22, 2016 at 17:21 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @michael_timofeev There was a lot of discussion in the 1980s about this point (and related ones) under the rubric of the 'Present Perfect Puzzle'. The usual test utterance was "Einstein has visited Princeton"; the consensus was that this is only acceptable in situations where the statement was not about Einstein but about Princeton, equivalent to "Princeton has been visited by Einstein". | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 12:48 | comment | added | michael_timofeev | Well, this will be a hotly debated topic, but I think it's perfectly fine to say "Christopher Lee has played many roles."...even if he is dead. | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 12:43 | history | answered | StoneyB on hiatus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |