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	Perfect aspect -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The perfect tenses are (A word that serves as the predicate of a sentence) verb (A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time) tenses showing actions completed at or before a specific time.
		(The time that has elapsed) Past perfect ((A perfective tense used to express action completed in the past) pluperfect): I had eaten, (The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb) passive I had been eaten.
		(The time that has elapsed) Past perfect (A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going) progressive: I had been eating, (The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb) passive I had been being eaten.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/perfect_aspect.htm (363 words)

	Perfect aspect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The perfect aspect is a grammatical aspect, which refers to a state resulting from a previous action (also described as a previous action with relevance to a particular time, or a previous action viewed from the perspective of a later time).
		The form "I have gone" is referred to as a present perfect, meaning present tense, perfect aspect.
		Note: The perfect aspect is not the same as the perfective aspect.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Perfect_tense (392 words)

	Perfect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The grammatical idea is described in perfect tense.
		In botany and mycology, an organism is considered perfect if it is capable of sexual reproduction; otherwise it is imperfect.
		Perfect intervals include the perfect octave, perfect fifth, perfect fourth, and perfect unison.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Perfect (288 words)

	PERFECT - Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		{Perfect chord} (Mus.), a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a common chord in its original position of keynote, third, fifth, and octave.
		{Perfect number} (Arith.), a number equal to the sum of all its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors, are 14, 7, 4, 2, 1.
		{Perfecting press} (Print.), a press in which the printing on both sides of the paper is completed in one passage through the machine.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/perfect (419 words)

	German Introductory Grammar - Chapter 18 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This tense is formed with the past participle of the verb, preceded by the present tense of an auxiliary verb, either haben “to have”, or sein “to be”.
		When the perfect tense is used in the main clause, the finite part of the verb is always a conjugated form of either haben or sein, and this finite part of the verb always appears in second position in the main clause.
		When the perfect tense is used in a subordinate clause, the finite part of the verb is shown after the past participle, at the end of the clause.
	www.pennantsw.com.au /data/gread18.htm (345 words)

	English Present Perfect Tense
		The present perfect tense is used if, the duration (length of time) of an activity is allowed to be stated with the use of "for" or "since".
		The present perfect tense is used to state changes in a situation that is related to now.
		The present perfect tense is used to state a situation that is stated in the past and is still happening now and can continue into the future.
	www.english-the-easy-way.com /Present_Tense/Present_Perfect_Tense.htm (349 words)

	EnglishOntheRun-Grammar
		It is important to remember that tense is not the same as time and that the actions started in the past, continue now and will go on in the future.
		This tense is used to describe actions that began in the past, still go on in the present and possibly in the future.
		The other tense used to express future in English is formed with the auxiliary "will" followed by a verb in the infinitive form of the main verb.
	www.geocities.com /gob72/grammarverbtenses.html (1769 words)

	Verb Tense Consistency
		Generally, writers maintain one tense for the main discourse and indicate changes in time frame by changing tense relative to that primary tense, which is usually either simple past or simple present.
		In general the use of perfect tenses is determined by their relationship to the tense of the primary narration.
		The present perfect is also used to narrate action that began in real life in the past but is not completed, that is, may continue or may be repeated in the present or future.
	owl.english.purdue.edu /handouts/grammar/g_tensec.html (2136 words)

	Verb Tenses
		Each has a perfect form, indicating completed action; each has a progressive form, indicating ongoing action; and each has a perfect progressive form, indicating ongoing action that will be completed at some definite time.
		Present perfect tense describes an action that happened at an indefinite time in the past or that began in the past and continues in the present.This tense is formed by using has/have with the past participle of the verb.
		This tense is formed by using had been and the present perfect of the verb (the verb form ending in -ing).
	leo.stcloudstate.edu /grammar/tenses.html (732 words)

	'Future Perfect Tense' @ encyclopaediaOnline: the FREE online encyclopaedia (encyclopedia), dictionary, and grammar ...
		The future perfect refers to a completed action in the future.
		When this tense is used we are projecting ourselves forward into the future and looking back at an action that will be completed.
		The future perfect is composed of two elements: the simple future of the verb to have (will have) + the past participle of the main verb:
	www.encyclopaediaonline.com /article.asp?topic=Future+Perfect+Tense (120 words)

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		The particular English tense selected for the translation of the Greek perfect tense depends upon the context.
		The English past tense - I believed; the English perfect tense - I have believed; the English past perfect or pluperfect tense - I had believed; or the English present tense (not continuing action) - I believe may be used to translate a Greek perfect tense.
		Reduplication is found at the beginning of a verb in the perfect tense.
	www.hsutx.edu /academics/logsdon/knight/Lesson19b1final.html (900 words)

	How about the greek language 2? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The perfect is used in Matthew 4:4,7,10 ("it is written").
		The perfect tense is also found Matthew 16:19 ("…whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven").
		Hence, the perfect tense shows Peter had no binding power within himself (Peter was not the first Pope).
	www.biblequestions.org /Archives/BQAR264.htm (293 words)

	Using Verb Tenses
		The present perfect tense is used to describe action that began in the past and continues into the present or has just been completed at the moment of utterance.
		The past perfect tense is used to refer to actions that took place and were completed in the past.
		The past perfect progressive is used to indicate that a continuing action in the past began before another past action began or interrupted the first action.
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/usetense.html (2859 words)

	TEFL Pages: The Present Perfect
		The present perfect tense is one of the more difficult English tenses to use well or even correctly.
		The present perfect simple is formed with the auxiliary verb have in the corresponding form for the subject of the sentence, followed by the participle of the main verb.
		The present perfect continuous is formed with the auxiliary verb have in the corresponding form for the subject of the sentence, followed by the participle 'been' of the auxilary verb be, followed by the -ING form of the main verb.
	www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/2527/presentperfect.html (1808 words)

	Sequence of Tenses
		Problems in sequencing tenses usually occur with the perfect tenses, all of which are formed by adding an auxiliary or auxiliaries to the past participle, the third principal part.
		Infinitives, too, have perfect tense forms when combined with "have," and sometimes problems arise when infinitives are used with verbs such as "hope," "plan," "expect," and "intend," all of which usually point to the future (I wanted to go to the movie.
		The past perfect tense designates action in the past just as simple past does, but the action of the past perfect is action completed in the past before another action.
	owl.english.purdue.edu /handouts/grammar/g_seqtense.html (573 words)

	Lagelands Grammar - Perfect tense
		The perfect tense is used to describe events that have taken place in the past.
		The most important principle is that the perfect tense is used to refer to actions in the past which are still relevant in the present.
		In the examples above, the second perfect tense in Dutch is translated with a perfect tense in English, but the first perfect tense in Dutch is translated with a simple past tense in English.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /dutch/grammatica/perfect_tense.htm (1233 words)

	Engish Grammar For EFL Teachers – The present perfect tense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Because in L1 the equivalent of the present perfect tense is a past tense, it seems wrong to many learners to use it in this situation.
		I created this exercise because students frequently use the present simple or continuous tense for things that start in the past and continue to the present (when they should use the present perfect tense) and the present perfect tense for finished events in the past (when they should use the past simple tense).
		Having established the present perfect tense as a present tense, with lots of speaking practice and exercises, we could then look at the use of the tense as a way of talking about the current status of things.
	www.grammar4teachers.com /present_perfect_expl.htm (2445 words)

	Verb Tense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Tense expresses when in time--past, present, or future--the actiom or state of being conveyed by a given verb takes place, and is indicated by the form of the verb used.
		The past perfect tense indicates that an action was completed before another one took place.
		The future perfect tense indicates that an action will be complete before some specified or predictable time.
	www.cameron.edu /~carolynk/verb_tense.html (202 words)

	Present Perfect Tense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The present perfect tense of a verb names an action that happened at an indefinite time in the past.
		The present perfect tense names an action that happened in the past and is still happening in the present.
		The present perfect tense is formed by using has or have as a helping verb with the past participle.
	webschool.wash.k12.ut.us /language/lessons/perfect.html (79 words)

	VOA Wordmaster - August 12, 2004 - Lida Baker: Present Perfect Tense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In linguistic terms, the present perfect tense is pretty unique, pretty unusual, and it's something that students always wrestle with.
		So the present perfect tense is formed by using the auxiliary verb 'have' and the past participle of a verb.
		One of the basic meanings of the present perfect tense is to talk about things that began in the past and continue up to the moment of speaking.
	www.manythings.org /voa/wm/wm264.html (779 words)

	The Present Perfect Tense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The present perfect tense is used to indicate that an action or activity was completed at some time in the past.
		The present perfect is used to talk about a past action that has a consequence in the present.
		The present perfect can be used to indicate that an action or situation started in the past and has continued until now.
	daisy.lino.com /~ibervill/perfect.htm (245 words)

	Perfect tense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Past perfect (pluperfect): I had eaten, passive Ihad been eaten.
		Present perfect progressive : I have been eating, passive I have been being eaten.
		Past perfect progressive : I had been eating, passive I had been being eaten.
	www.therfcc.org /perfect-tense-41145.html (158 words)

	Perfect Tense / vidu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The past perfect tense shows an action that had completed before other events that also took place in the past.
		The present perfect tense shows an action that has just completed, and the future perfect tense shows an action that will be completed in the future.
		The following sentences are examples of the past, present, and future tenses in English for the verb "dance": "She had danced before singing" (past), "She has danced and will sing soon" (present), "She will have danced by the time she sings" (future).
	www.unc.edu /~echeran/paadanool/lesson35.html (182 words)

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