English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
MATURE or MATURED?
Mature: As an adjective, it means to be fully developed physically; full-grown. It does not attract the past marked -d and is usually found after the be-verbs: am, is, are, was, were.
She is now very matured. ✖️
She is now very mature. ✔️
Matured people don’t behave this way. ✖️
Mature people don’t behave this way. ✔️
Matured: Matured is the past tense of mature when used as a verb. It also means to be physically grown, or to allow food or wine become old enough to enjoy the flavour or to become ready to pay. When used as a verb, mature will either occur alone after the noun or pronoun or be followed by have-verbs: has, have, had.
Children mature easily these days. ✔️
This boy has really matured. ✔️
The wine has been matured in oak vats.✔️
The policy has matured since last week. ✔️
GAB
The policy has matured since last week.I was told that the present perfect tense is non-time specific.Plz why did you qualify it with the adverbial ‘since last week’?