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Originally Posted by Doitsu
I'm sorry to contradict you.  The English Present Perfect is used rather differently than the German Perfekt.
Since the Present Perfect often implies "up to now" it can be used to refer to present events that started in the past.
This explanation might make more sense to you, if add "yet" at the end of the sentence: "has it started yet?". |
Indeed. The perfect in English refers to a present state resulting from a past action. I.e. "Has it started?" has an unspoken meaning of "... and is it still going on?".