The present perfect simple tense is used:
(1) for actions that began in the past and continue to the present, e.g. “I have lived in Scotland full-time for the last 20 years.”
(2) for actions that recently finished whose results remain, e.g. “I have lost seven stone since January this year.”
(3) for actions that happened in the past, for which no time is specified, e.g. “I have visited lots of businesses across the country and met and spoken to many fantastic and talented apprentices.”
(4) with words such as already, just and still,
e.g. “At the age of just 21, she has already written a handful of books, the latest of which recalls her own arrival in the UK.”
“He has just visited Palmerston North to give a public talk about his ‘travels in autism.’”
“It’s the age of social media and there’s nothing that my family doesn’t know. But they have still disowned me.”
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