Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
have you coughed
English answer:
tense - present perfect
English term
have you coughed
Which grammatical tense is used in this question? Thanks everybody in advance!
4 +5 | tense - present perfect | Michael Powers (PhD) |
4 +3 | Present Perfect | salavat |
5 +1 | it's the Present Perfect | Lisa McCarthy |
Oct 27, 2007 13:03: Sheila Wilson changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Nov 11, 2007 15:01: Michael Powers (PhD) Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Ali Bayraktar, Alexander Vorobyev, Sheila Wilson
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tense - present perfect
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Note added at 3 mins (2007-10-27 12:34:48 GMT)
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The present perfect which is composed of the present tense of the verb "have" and the past participle.
Present Perfect
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CHEN-Ling
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Thank you, Yang.
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agree |
Alexander Demyanov
5 mins
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Thank you, Alexander.
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agree |
V_Nedkov
30 mins
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Thank you.
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neutral |
Claire Chapman
: http://www.proz.com/?sp=siterules&mode=show&category=kudoz_g... :-)
4 hrs
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Excuse me.
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it's the Present Perfect
We would use the Past Simple otherwise: How many times did you cough yesterday? (yesterday - no connection to the present)
see link below for a more in-depth explanation
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Sheila Wilson
: Just for the sake of the asker: since always requires a perfect tense, not necessarily the present perfect
19 mins
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yep, that's very true!
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agree |
V_Nedkov
22 mins
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