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when do you use present perfect?

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When an action started in the past and continues into the present --

I have learned how to barbeque steaks.
(as opposed to "I learned how to barbeque steaks" -- a one-time action in the past)

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/tense_frames.htm

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