Use a more practical example. Obama was making an inaugural address this morning. I can ask you and the question should be "did you listen to his inaugural speech this morning?".
Supposed a mother advised her 17 year-old newly licensed daughter numerous times not to use the phone while getting behind the wheel, which was the condition she was allowed to drive. She got into an accident a week later because she ran a red light while her eyes were taken off the road to view a text message. Her mother could say : " I told you many time not to play with the phone while driving. Have you ever listened to me?
The mother used present perfect correctly because the context reached back to the first time she advised her daughter and many times after that. This tense covers the all the mother's advices from different times passed, linking them to the present as she scolded her daughter.
Supposed a mother advised her 17 year-old newly licensed daughter numerous times not to use the phone while getting behind the wheel, which was the condition she was allowed to drive. She got into an accident a week later because she ran a red light while her eyes were taken off the road to view a text message. Her mother could say : " I told you many time not to play with the phone while driving. Have you ever listened to me?
The mother used present perfect correctly because the context reached back to the first time she advised her daughter and many times after that. This tense covers the all the mother's advices from different times passed, linking them to the present as she scolded her daughter.
Jan 21 2013 20:50:37
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