Share b2 - grammar 2 - present perfect & past perfect
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"I've already signed up for their Monday-night dance class" --> Why does the speaker use the Present perfect and not past simple here?
It's a completed action where what's important is the present result.
I couldn't wait to tell my mum I'd learnt how to do it. --> Why does the speaker use past perfect and not past simple here?
To show that the learning happened ever further back in the past than the moment in the past when the speaker "couldn't wait. "
