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“Hemingway has said that he felt blocked as a novelist after writing his…”
Could you please tell me why there is the present perfect, if it obviously was a long ago?
“Hemingway has said that he felt blocked as a novelist after writing his…”
Could you please tell me why there is the present perfect, if it obviously was a long ago?
Could you please tell me why there is the present perfect, if it obviously was a long ago?
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I think it's okay to use the present perfect because they are referencing a non-specific time and they are probably focusing on the present result of Hemingway's words. Sure, you could just use the present simple "Hemingway said that he felt blocked as a novelist after.." and I would probably do that, but the 'has' is acceptable here for the 2 reasons I mentioned above.
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I think it's okay to use the present perfect because they are referencing a non-specific time and they are probably focusing on the present result of Hemingway's words. Sure, you could just use the present simple "Hemingway said that he felt blocked as a novelist after.." and I would probably do that, but the 'has' is acceptable here for the 2 reasons I mentioned above.
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@Semyon_ said is also possible but generally after said(simple past) you specify a time, such as last month, yesterday, in 1950 etc. As for present perfect, you don't specify a time.
(I'd be glad if a native would confirm)
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