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Definition of Present perfect tense
1. Noun. A perfective tense used to express action completed in the present. "`I have finished' is an example of the present perfect"
Generic synonyms: Perfect, Perfect Tense, Perfective, Perfective Tense
Lexicographical Neighbors of Present Perfect Tense
Literary usage of Present perfect tense
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"Thus it is perfectly clear that altho originally in both English and German the
present perfect tense form was in reality a present tense, as explained in ..."
2. English Grammar Simplified: Its Study Made Easy by James Champlin Fernald (1916)
"The Present Perfect tense is formed by prefixing have or has to the past participle
of the principal verb; as, I have heard; he has gone. ..."
3. A Grammar of the English Language by Samuel Stillman Greene (1870)
"present perfect tense. 1. The present perfect tense represents a past event as
completed in present time. Ex.—I have seen; I have been seeing; ..."
4. A Grammar of the English Language by Samuel Stillman Greene (1868)
"present perfect tense. 1. The present perfect tense represents a past event as
completed in present time. Ex.—I have seen; I have been seeing; ..."
5. Higher Lessons in English: A Work on English Grammar and Composition, in by Alonzo Reed, Brainerd Kellogg (1896)
"... can, and must are potential auxiliaries in the present and the present perfect
tense; might, could, would, and should, in the past and the past perfect. ..."
6. A Grammar of the English Language: For the Use of Schools by William Harvey Wells (1848)
"Examples. The past tense '< Examples. What is the future tense ? Examples.
What is the present perfect tense ? Examples. The past perfect tense ? ..."
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