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minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·4 days ago“It has helped me…” doesn’t sound quite correct to me but i am not a native speaker so i may be wrong
minus-squaretacosanonymous@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-24 days agoEnglish speakers use has/have/had to signify perfect tenses, meaning the actions are completed but have effects that continue. So past perfect: It had helped me. Present perfect: it has helped me.
minus-squareOfCourseNot@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoNo. ‘Has helped’ is the present perfect.
“It has helped me…” doesn’t sound quite correct to me but i am not a native speaker so i may be wrong
English speakers use has/have/had to signify perfect tenses, meaning the actions are completed but have effects that continue.
So past perfect: It had helped me. Present perfect: it has helped me.
No. ‘Has helped’ is the present perfect.
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