Sentence examples for the perfect aspect from inspiring English sources

This construction expresses what is called the perfect aspect.

The perfect aspect can be used for various expressions.

Fruehwald and Myler (2013, 2015) show several other ways in which the done my homework construction is distinct from the perfect aspect.

This is evidence that the done my homework construction is not an instance of a verb phrase in the perfect aspect but rather is more like an adjective phrase.

By contrast, for the metaphysical reading, the perfect aspect scopes over the modal.

At the same time, the modal scopes over the perfect aspect.

"That appears, however," Tuesday's decision said, "to have been the only perfect aspect of the Perfect Plan".

Michael Sragow of Baltimore Sun described the only "perfect aspect" of Jennifer's Body as being its title.

Abbreviations used in this paper included: HAI: the morpheme hai, PROG: progressive aspect, EXP: experiential aspect, PERV: perfective aspect, PERF: perfect aspect, FOC: focus marker, SHI: the marker shi, CL: classifier, DE: the marker for modifying phrases in MC, PL: plural marker, GENG: comparative morpheme, Q: question particle, and SFP: sentence final particle.

Under the assumption that Mandarin Chinese does not have perfect aspect, there is no (near- counterpart of the "near- counterpartPerf have" cofsthection in Mandarin Chinese.

Mandarin Chinese is generally assumed not to have perfect aspect.