Datapoint Chicano English/Levelling of the difference between present perfect and simple past: simple past for StE present perfect

Variety: Chicano English
Feature: Levelling of the difference between present perfect and simple past: simple past for StE present perfect
Value: B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants: Robert Bayley

Examples

Example 2224:
Were you ever in Mexico?
meaning 'Have you ever been to Mexico?'