Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

have you coughed

English answer:

tense - present perfect

Added to glossary by Michael Powers (PhD)
Oct 27, 2007 12:31
16 yrs ago
English term

have you coughed

Non-PRO English Medical Medical (general)
How often have you coughed since yesterday evening?
Which grammatical tense is used in this question? Thanks everybody in advance!
Change log

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

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Ali Bayraktar, Alexander Vorobyev, Sheila Wilson

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Responses

+5
2 mins
Selected

tense - present perfect

Mike :)

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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.

Peer comment(s):

agree Paula Vaz-Carreiro
2 mins
Thank you, Paula - Mike :)
agree CHEN-Ling
3 mins
Thank you, Yang - Mike :)
agree Alexander Demyanov
6 mins
Thank you, Alexander - Mike :)
agree Shirley Lao
25 mins
Thank you, Shirley - Mike :)
agree V_Nedkov
31 mins
Thank you, V. - Mike :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+3
3 mins

Present Perfect

I can't undestand your perplexion.
Peer comment(s):

agree CHEN-Ling
2 mins
Thank you, Yang.
agree Alexander Demyanov
5 mins
Thank you, Alexander.
agree V_Nedkov
30 mins
Thank you.
neutral Claire Chapman : http://www.proz.com/?sp=siterules&mode=show&category=kudoz_g... :-)
4 hrs
Excuse me.
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+1
12 mins

it's the Present Perfect

It's the Present Perfect - this tense is used to talk about something that began in the past, up to the present moment. It is always used when we use the word "since".

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

Peer comment(s):

neutral Sheila Wilson : Just for the sake of the asker: since always requires a perfect tense, not necessarily the present perfect
19 mins
yep, that's very true!
agree V_Nedkov
22 mins
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