I’m a non-native speaker but I work for a multinational company so I have to use English 95% of the time at work.
I find myself using has/have been a lot simply because it sounds right to me.
As an I example, I have to report on a status of a task/project. When should I use the below sentences?
• The project is completed.
• The project has been completed.
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It’s called the “perfect” tense, and it indicates something was already completed by the time in question. It’s like present tense, minus five minutes. “The laundry is washing” is present tense; “the laundry has been washed” is perfect present tense. You’re asking me now, and that job stands completed as of now. “Were you in bed at 10pm?” *”I had been in bed by 20 minutes at 10pm”*. Past tense question, past perfect tense answer. “Will you get to the store before dinner?” *”I will have gotten to the store and unloaded the groceries by dinner.”* Future question, future perfect answer. *”I’ll go to the store by dinner”* is a future answer, but it doesn’t say what you’ll have FINISHED by dinner.
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