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I lost ten pounds since I started swimming (informal).

This use of the Present Perfect is called the Present Perfect Inclusive.

The Present Perfect Inclusive is used:

  1. with verbs not admitting of the Continuous form.

"There is nothing to be done. She's dead — has been dead for hours," said the doctor. (Eliot)

  1. in negative sentences. (In this case the Present Perfect Continu­ous is not impossible. See § 28.)

I have not slept since that night. (Bennett)

  1. with non-terminative verbs such as to live, to work, to study, to teach, to travel etc. (In this case the Present Perfect Continuous is possible. See § 28.)

I have worked upon the problem for a long time without reaching any conclusion. (Shaw)

The Present Perfect in this case is translated into Russian by the present or sometimes by the past imperfective.

I have known him for many years. — Я знаю его много лет. I have always been fond of music. — Я всегда любил му­зыку.

N о t е l. In the following cases the Present Perfect is not used:

    1. Что вы сказали? — What did you say?

    2. Я не слышал вашего вопроса. — I did not hear your ques­tion.

    3. Где вы купили книгу? — Where did you buy the book?

    4. Теперь я понял. — Now I understand.

    5. Я слышал, что Мэри в Москве. — I hear that Mary is in Mos­cow (to hear is not a verb of sense perception here, it means 'the rumour reached me').

    6. Мне сказали, что Мэри в Москве. — I am told that Mary is in Moscow.

    7. Я забыл, где он живет. — I forget where he lives.

    8. Я забыл название книги. — I forget the title of the book (a certain fact).

Compare:

I have forgotten to ring her up (a certain action).

N о t e 2. The Present Perfect is to be used in sentences starting with It's the first (second y etc.) time..., This is the first (second, etc.) time...:

This is the first time she has driven a car.

§ 19. The Past Indefinite and the Present Perfect.

An action expressed by the Past Indefinite belongs exclusively to the sphere of the past, while the Present Perfect shows that a past oc­currence is connected with the present time.

She is not well and has changed very much of late.

She changed very much a great many years ago. (Dickens)

The Present Perfect is never used with such adverbial modifiers of the past time as yesterday, the other day, last week etc. With such adver­bial modifiers as today, this week etc. both the Present Perfect and the Past Indefinite arc used. The tenses are used according to the principle mentioned above (§ 4, § 18).

I have told you three times this week that she is coming home for a year. (Dreiser)

I want your sister, the woman who gave me money today. (Dick­ens)

With the adverb just the Present Perfect is used.

I have just hired a new pianist from St. Joe — a Negro. (Dreiser)

With the expression just now the Past Indefinite is used.

I saw you come in just now. (Dreiser)

Just now is less frequent than just.

The Past Perfect