State-change verbs are mostly in perfect tense?

Asked Apr 01 '21 at 08:57

Active Apr 01 '21 at 13:29

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I know one of the uses of the perfect tense is to describe an action from the past that influences the present.

Then I would expect most of state change (changed, grew, transformed, moved) verbs to be used in perfect tense mainly.

However Google search shows the opposite. What am I missing?

edited Apr 01 '21 at 13:29

asked Apr 01 '21 at 08:57

Elad Benda

"inflates" can you check this word What do you mean by "inflates the present"? – James K Apr 01 '21 at 09:09
Fixed the typo: influences – Elad Benda Apr 01 '21 at 13:30
I think what you're missing is that the perfect is far more complex than that - this answer from Canonical Post #2: What is the perfect, and how should I use it? might help. – ColleenV Apr 01 '21 at 14:01

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