Present perfect tense: why is “I have written the report you wanted� correct and not “I have wrote the report you wanted�?

[WestWorld]

Aren’t they both talking about the past?

[dux]

written is the past participle, wrote is simple past so it doesnt work

youd say "i wrote the report"

but if you want to say have then you dont use wrote anymore

am i making this up. maybe

[junmyeonsnoodle]

I can't explain the rules of English, I just speak know it.

[Yeriana Grande]

"I wrote" would be correct, "have wrote" isn't

[lovebaek]

idk about why it's wrong in terms of grammar but the second one just sounds wrong to me, if i was to use wrote i would have just said "I wrote the report you wanted" without the "have".. but English isn't my first language so lol

[YNRA]

its just bad grammar

it's like saying "i have gotten" vs. "i have got" 

it just doesnt sound right 

[IKKY]

You could say and people will understand but it'll make you sound uneducated.

[lovebaek]

its just bad grammar

it's like saying "i have gotten" vs. "i have got" 

it just doesnt sound right 

ooh which one of them is not good? both of them sound good to me.. i've used both too..  I wanna know which one I shouldn't use

[YNRA]

ooh which one of them is not good? both of them sound good to me.. i've used both too..  I wanna know which one I shouldn't use

i have gotten is correct

but i have got is not correct

[lovebaek]

i have gotten is correct

but i have got is not correct

Oh I see, now that I think about it, it makes sense, I need to be more careful.. thanks! 

[OnceNiceBoy]

I don't know what "have wrote" is? My english is not good though.

[spilledmilk]

I think it's because present perfect tense refers to something that started in the past and continues in the (general) present. So "have written" has the implication of I have recently written the report you wanted("you wanted" being the part that is relevant currently), while I "have wrote" is simply talking about a past incident. Wrote is just past tense, written is different.

 

If I say "I received a letter" it's just me talking about a past incident, while if I say "I have received a letter" its implying that that information is somehow currently relevant to what I am talking to you about.

[YNRA]

Oh I see, now that I think about it, it makes sense, I need to be more careful.. thanks! 

honestly unless youre in a grammar class, most people will not care about those kinds of mistakes. many native english speakers make mistakes like that all the time 

[sakurahanabira]

"have wrote" is incorrect.

 

I don't know what "have wrote" is? My english is not good though.

you know what "have" and "wrote" means separately, yes?

[indigo]

"I have wrote" is less efficient than "I wrote" and both mean the same thing. Therefore most native speakers go for the latter making the former sound incorrect. It's not that bad though, I wouldn't think anything if someone said or put that in an email. 

 

In contrast, "I written" sounds super off, and needs the "have" or an "I've" there. Written is also the more formal word. 

[CantabileCross]

if you're using the -to have- auxiliary form (have, has) in its present tense it isn't the past tense form anymore; it becomes the present perfect

when you're using the present perfect and past perfect forms the words following the auxiliary have/has/had must be in its past participle form

 

written = past participle (in the verb form it's preceded by has/have/had, e.g. I have written, you had written, she has written)

writing = present participle (in the verb form it's preceded by a form of the verb -to be-, so am/are/is/was/were, e.g. I am writing, you are writing, they were writing)

wrote = (plain) past tense

[Zroi]

I just came in to say that I've always been in awe of those who can explain English grammar. I'm reading the replies in this thread like....

 

English is my first language - and grammar has always instinctively been my strong point - but I can never explain it. I don't even know what a participle is o.O

[milkcafe]

i have gotten is correct

but i have got is not correct

 

actually i think depends on where you're from. if you're from a place that uses british english then 'have got' followed by a noun is a common and correct phrase. and even american english uses 'have got' when followed by a verb.

 

although of course, i may be wrong and it may just be one of those things that have been accepted as correct because society uses it often. this is just my observations.

[YNRA]

actually i think depends on where you're from. if you're from a place that uses british english then 'have got' followed by a noun is a common and correct phrase. and even american english uses 'have got' when followed by a verb.

 

although of course, i may be wrong and it may just be one of those things that have been accepted as correct because society uses it often. this is just my observations.

i know its acceptable in informal english in america, such as spoken word english

 

i dont know much about britain specific grammar 

[october]

my head hurts

[Caiii]

"have" is redundant in yoyr 2nd sentence.