Why is present/past perfect tense called perfect tense? I couldn't relate the meaning of "perfect" to the tense in grammar, can someone tell me how it got its name?
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What does it mean by "perfect" tense?
2010-06-13 12:17 pm
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2010-06-13 1:40 pm
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Its from the Latin verb perficio (finish), the past participle of which is perfectus ('having been finished'). Thus the perfect tense represents an action that has been completed.
2010-06-13 12:24 pm
It's just used to differentiate between the more complicated tenses in English.
By "perfect" it means that it's simple, no complications.
Take for example the "past perfect (more like simple past)": I ate. <---- less complicated, "simple", "perfect"
Now compare it to the "past perfect simple": I had eaten. <---- more complicated, not just "simple" or "perfect"
By "perfect" it means that it's simple, no complications.
Take for example the "past perfect (more like simple past)": I ate. <---- less complicated, "simple", "perfect"
Now compare it to the "past perfect simple": I had eaten. <---- more complicated, not just "simple" or "perfect"
2010-06-13 1:28 pm
from the grammatically point of view, perfect refers to an ended action.
2010-06-13 12:32 pm
It refers to completed action (perfected) and used alone to the present perfect: I have seen
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