Timeline for The present perfect & the phrase "As far as I understand"
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| Jul 26, 2017 at 14:56 | comment | added | Weather Vane | Because it doesn't sound right. The tense is unrelated to the use of "as far as" which as I see it refers to the extend of the understanding, the knowledge that was available, not when it ocurred. | |
| Jul 26, 2017 at 13:16 | comment | added | TimR | If I have understood you correctly, you don't think the present perfect have understood combines with as far as. Do you have any thoughts about why that combination is unidiomatic? | |
| Jul 26, 2017 at 8:48 | vote | accept | DimanNe | ||
| Jul 26, 2017 at 8:44 | history | answered | Weather Vane | CC BY-SA 3.0 |