He has collected that particular coin for several years. which verb tense describes action that continues to the present or happened sometime before now, as in the bolded phrase?
present perfect
present progressive
past progressive
past perfect

The verb tense that describes an action that started in the past and continues up to the present is the "Present Perfect".

The present perfect is formed by the verb "have/has" and the past participle of a verb. In this case, the present perfect verb is "has collected".

With the present perfect tense we use for or since in order to focus on the duration of the action. In this example, we use the phrase "for several years".

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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