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Can I use Present Perfect for children? He has been married three times and has had five children.
1. He has been married three times and has five children.
2. He's got married three times and has five kids.
and
3. He's got married three times and has had five kids.
4. He has been married three times and has had five children.
Jul 18, 2019 11:15 PM
Answers · 5
I think that the correct is (three years) no times.
July 18, 2019
Thank you, Shannon.
July 18, 2019
Thank you, Robert.
July 18, 2019
1) is correct! And I would say is the more natural way of saying it and the way I would tell a friend about someone else
5) is also correct and but it isn’t the way I would really say it when just trying to give facts, maybe if you’re trying emphasis that he has had 5 children and he wants more “he’s had 5 children already and he wants 2 more!”
July 18, 2019
Yes, both forms are right, the difference is the emphasis.
I have 5 children. (state)
I have had 5 children. (until now)
July 18, 2019
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