I have a problem with grammar things. Plz help me~~ -It's the first time you've had a boy over. In that sentence, I don't understand why the present perfect tense('ve had) used. I think 'you have a

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I have a problem with grammar things. Plz help me~~ -It's the first time you've had a boy over. In that sentence, I don't understand why the present perfect tense('ve had) used. I think 'you have a boy over' is correct, cause the listener said "I'm having a friend over today" before. Am I incorrect?

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By saying "it's the first/second/third ...", you are summing up your overall life experience so far and that calls for the present perfect tense, which has the sense of "up until now".

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