query: What does "perfect" in say past perfect imply?
positive_passages.docid: 53495
positive_passages.text: Why is 'present perfect' present if it happened in the past? And why is it 'perfect'?
negative_passages.docid: 94293
negative_passages.text: Past perfect or simple past with 'ago'?
negative_passages.docid: 78336
negative_passages.text: past simple or present perfect
negative_passages.docid: 6340
negative_passages.text: "yet" vs. "already" with present perfect
negative_passages.docid: 153687
negative_passages.text: What tense should I use to describe something in the past but probably is still true?
negative_passages.docid: 69668
negative_passages.text: Do 'already' and 'just' require the present perfect?
negative_passages.docid: 110190
negative_passages.text: tense agreement (simple past tense after past perfect tense)
negative_passages.docid: 31723
negative_passages.text: Can I use past perfect twice in the same sentence in the context of a text written in past tense completely?
negative_passages.docid: 143121
negative_passages.text: What's the difference between an adjective and a past participle?
negative_passages.docid: 156031
negative_passages.text: When a sentence includes a word like 'today' that indicates present time, can a past form of verb be used?
negative_passages.docid: 17861
negative_passages.text: Is there any difference between Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous?
negative_passages.docid: 57204
negative_passages.text: present perfect vs past perfect
negative_passages.docid: 12613
negative_passages.text: How to use "had" correctly in a past perfect paragraph?
negative_passages.docid: 142048
negative_passages.text: Conditionals (Past Tense)
negative_passages.docid: 16625
negative_passages.text: "... that had stopped half an hour ago" VS " ... that had stopped half an hour before/earlier"
negative_passages.docid: 5719
negative_passages.text: Would it be possible to change past perfect into simple past
negative_passages.docid: 80452
negative_passages.text: present continous or present perfect continous?