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Using present perfect for routines
The idiomatic choice for ongoing routines that you are still following is simple present:
Every morning I make sandwiches before the kids wake up.
But let's say it was a summer job at a camp for ...
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I blocked/I've blocked him
Both are fine. There's not enough difference in meaning to worry about. There may be some variation between dialects but it is a tendency not a rule.
It is like you can say "He's unhappy" or ...
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Using present perfect for routines
It doesn’t sound correct.
It leaves it open to misinterpretation. For example: “I have made food when the kids wake?” No,
you would say “when she gets home” ( future)
I will have (future) made dinner.”...
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Is it right to say "I have started to watch" or better to say "I have been watching"?
I have been watching football since the 2010 World Cup, and I liked
players like Drogba, Lampard, and after World Cup, I have started to
watch Premier League.
Is it right to say "I have started ...
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