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What is the difference between I clean the car and I have cleaned the car ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between I clean the car and I have cleaned the car ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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"I clean the car." means that you clean it sometimes.
"I have cleaned the car." means that you have cleaned it before.
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- English (US)
"I clean the car." means that you clean it sometimes.
"I have cleaned the car." means that you have cleaned it before.
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- Portuguese (Brazil)
@EarleyGrave "I've cleaned it before" is like if I was saying that I DID it in some point of my life even if I only did it once? Something like this? I can't think about a word in my language to translate, thats why I'm really in doubt about the "have" in this way, as auxiliary
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Yes, that is correct. @Matnroll
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