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Questions related to the English Perfect Construction, which is sometimes called "the present perfect tense".

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When is the present perfect tense used instead of the past tense?

When is the present perfect tense used instead of the past tense? I know that the present perfect tense is used when some adverbs (e.g., never, ever) are present in the sentence; the same is true f …
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