Comment Re:Wow! What a question to ask on Slashdot... (Score 1) 2360
How does 'have' indicate action in the past? Are you holding or
posessing an action...
Yes. That is what it means. This is called the perfect tense and indicates an experience or a past action with a result in the present. In this sense it may still be "held."
For example, "I went to Egypt" and "I have gone to Egypt" say about the same thing, but the latter draws attention to the experience or accomplishment of going to Egypt, which I still have.
Yes. That is what it means. This is called the perfect tense and indicates an experience or a past action with a result in the present. In this sense it may still be "held."
For example, "I went to Egypt" and "I have gone to Egypt" say about the same thing, but the latter draws attention to the experience or accomplishment of going to Egypt, which I still have.
