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53. Discussing Grammar with My Brother

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

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The Present Perfect

I've been painting the house. At lunchtime. What have you done? I've painted the house. That's what he's just speaking to say as an error. They're actually speaking completely incorrectly. He would be saying, yeah, I've picked up the ball. I've passed it to Rooney. So all this weird present perfect, but it's kind of wrong, isn't it? Yeah. It's like in the moment, but he's using I've, I've to sort of create that link to now somehow.

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