Typical German speaker mistakes in English (41)

I often hear these mistakes made by German speakers who are learning English.

They say:  Do you have found the document?

 

This is totally understandable to native speakers but it is incorrect.  There are too many verbs in the sentence.

We are using the present perfect tense here so we do not need the word ‘do’.

 

Correction:  Have you found the document?

Further examples:

Have you met the new team member?

Have you seen the boss today?

Have you visited the new office?

 

Have fun learning English!

Louise

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