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[lup0z]

Hi!
I'm italian and i'm improve my english grammar by myself. I searched in many web sites but i couldn't fin answer to my question and it's a big problem for me!
I want to learn the present perfect very very good; i want it become naturally in my head, but i don't know which is the best way to do it.
Can you suggest me?
What's the best way to learn the present perfect?

Thanks!
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[Anuradha Chepur]

The present perfect has to be learned, probably, in the ways that it is different from the past simple.
There is a lot of information on this on the internet, but I can't access them at the moment.

[Philo Kevetch]

Hello LupOz -

Many newspaper articles and news broadcasts are

written/presented in the 'present perfect' tense.

Read and/or listen to the tense being used as often as possible... and

soon you will be able to use it 'naturally'.

BTW -

improve --> improving

english --> English

fin --> find

answer --> an/the answer

very good --> very well

it become --> it to become

naturally --> natural

suggest me --> suggest (a method/way) to me

Philo

[lup0z]

Only distraction errors! Belive me!
Thanks for your advice!
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[lup0z]

Are there some particular books that you think they can help me?
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[Lorikeet]

Some uses of the present perfect are easy to understand, and some are more difficult. To get an explanation, you can also look at these websites:

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html
http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blpresperfect.htm
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2527/presentperfect.html
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/upperf.htm

Please note that there are some differences between American and British usage, as well as formal and informal usage.