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In the various usage of present perfect, I heard that there is a usage of expressing the nearest past like 'I've kicked the dog.' What percentage we used 'present perfect' to express 'the nearest past' in all usage of present perfect?

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    I suggest you find another example. HAVE got is not a perfect in AmE, and is only sometimes a perfect in BrE. Usually it's an idiom equivalent to HAVE, employed only in the present tense. – StoneyB on hiatus Jun 03 '15 at 11:28
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    You don't get percentages unless you count them yourself. Sorry. As for the uses of the perfect, there are four, and one of them -- the Hot News! sense -- is used for the most recent past: Botswana has invaded Switzerland! One test for this is the use of the adverb just; Botswana has just invaded Switzerland! as well as I've just kicked the dog. – John Lawler Jun 03 '15 at 16:40

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