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   Hi, Anton!  Recently you wrote in a message to Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AS>> On my way to work I have encountered a difficult case   
   AS>> Omit "have".   
      
   AK>> The information about the case is connected with the   
   AK>> present time (you haven't put the time mark). Therefore,   
   AK>> IMHO, the present perfect time was correct.   
      
   AS>  No, the Present Perfect is harly   
                                   |hardly?   
      
   AS>  possible here because "on my way to work" clearly   
   AS>  indicates a past time and makes the whole sentence   
   AS>  narrative.   
      
      
             IMHO the issue may have a lot to do what is or isn't a "time   
   marker". I regard your correction as an improvement because I imagine you mean   
   something along the lines of "On my way to work today, before I was able to   
   relax at home & catch up on my echomail, I noticed [blah blah] in the comedy   
   of manners I was reading on the bus".  Alexander may be thinking more of   
   Freddy in MY FAIR LADY, who informs the audience "I have often walked down   
   this street before"....  :-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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