Past-tense claims should be in the imperfect tense unless they refer to specific past events.
By
Mark J
on March 23, 2007
Imperfect
I have played a musical instrument.
Past Perfect:
I played a musical instrument when I was in college.
Past Perfect:
I was at the last Hüsker Dü show.
Imperfect
I have seen Hüsker Dü in concert.
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i'm torn about this, because i think the imperfect will provide more useful data but tha tdoesn't mean the less useful data should be asked for.
you also didn't provide any perfect bad examples.
so to speak.
I eventually decided to agree in the general sense, though I stand by my comment.
The claim that inspired this one seemed like a fine bad example.