present perfect and past tense

12BO   Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:48 am GMT
And yet you keep using the term "present perfect" to describe the past tense. Why?
Pos   Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:27 pm GMT
<12BO>

Study. Think. Learn. And please stop misleading students just to cover up an error in tense judgement you made earlier.
12BE   Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:55 pm GMT
"Study. Think. Learn. And please stop misleading students just to cover up an error in tense judgement you made earlier.'

Yes, O Great One!

I made no error in tense judgment.

Unless - you honestly believe that the "rules" of English grammar are as hard and fast as those of mathematics.
M56   Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:40 pm GMT
<Unless - you honestly believe that the "rules" of English grammar are as hard and fast as those of mathematics.>

One doesn't have to believe that to know why the present perfect is called a present tense.