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Introduction Speakers of American English generally use the present perfect tense (have/has + past participle) far less than speakers of British English. In spoken American English it is very common to use the simple past tense as an alternative in situations where the present perfect would usually have been used in British English. The two situations where this is especially likely are: (i) In sentences which talk about an action in the past... Read More Read Morehttps://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQle93xo8o8hTLiPm_4bWIG_Q9QUvm1KMLz_pc-aDRYGQRsz-Bx