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Bookmark or Share- until with present perfect, until with past simpleI agree with Thelb4. That sentence is not correct. It needs the Past Simple, not the Present Perfect. Examples of "... until can be used with the present perfect when referring to the future (to show completion):" would be something like - We won't know if he's injured until we have found him. - I won't know if the meal is good until I have ...
- always, usually, often - present perfect continuous?It says to its students that you use present simple tense with words such as often, always, usually and similar words. I already know it is not that black and white and sometimes present continuous can be used with these words as well. The case where I find it strange to use these words with present perfect continuous tense.
- Present Perfect with Once and After | WordReference ForumsThe use of the perfect here (at least for me) emphasises the idea that we have a finished product, whereas the sentence with the present tense does not. And there's also the issue of a finished state: "after he'd stopped running, he began with the rest of his exercising routine". For me the perfect tense emphasises that idea of a finished state.
- just now in Present Perfect? - WordReference ForumsI wouldn't modify the whole of the present perfect with "just now" as in your example, but you might say "He has just now arrived", although it sounds perhaps a little old-fashioned. "Just now" here modifies "arrived" rather than "has arrived". Better to say "He has just arrived now", perhaps, as it sounds more idiomatic.
- it's the first time + present perfect | WordReference ForumsHello there! According to my grammar book (English Grammar in Use, Raymond Murphy), you have to say "It's the first time he has driven a car." Then, accordingly, you say "It was the first time he had driven a car." How about "It has been the first time?" And "It will be the first time" and...
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