Learn English – the opposite of the perfect aspect

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Most tenses exist in a perfect and non-perfect form, e.g. present vs. present perfect and past continuous vs. past perfect continuous. What is the group of tenses that are not perfect called?

Best Answer

They’re called non-perfect.

Likewise, the uses of verbs that aren’t finite are non-finite. Honestly, there’s enough terminology in grammar already without inventing an opposite for every term!

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