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Present perfect tense with definite date
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 3:42 pm
by ctying
As far as I understand, present perfect tense should not be used with an event that has a definite time. Is the following sentence grammatically correct?
The banking relationship has been established since 1 Jan 2022.
Re: Present perfect tense with definite date
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 3:59 pm
by Joe
The banking relationship has been established since 1 Jan 2022. 
Your sentence is possible (correct) though it might be easier to say:
The banking relationship has existed since 1 Jan 2022.
The banking relationship was established on 1 Jan 2022.
Present Perfect with...
for a period of time
since a point in past time
Look at these example sentences using
for and
since with the Present Perfect tense:
I have been here for twenty minutes.
I have been here since 9 o'clock.
John hasn't called for six months.
John hasn't called since February.
He has worked in New York for a long time.
He has worked in New York since he left school.
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/ver ... erfect.htm