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PreciousJones Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Game

I've got a game to go to tmrw.

Above is present perfect tense, but isnt present perfect used to desribe experience and things in the past?

The sentence above clearly states a situation that's in the future.

Please explain. Thanks.
  

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PreciousJones isn ' t the present perfect used to des c ribe experience s and things in the past? Normally, yes, but not when you use this idiom. have got = 've got = have has got = 's got = has This idiom has the form of a present perfect tense, but its meaning is present.

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PreciousJonesisn't the present perfect used to describe experiences and things in the past?
Normally, yes, but not when you use this idiom.

have got = 've got = have
has got = 's got =