student asking question

Would the meaning get different if I change into "asked me about it" without "have" here?

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Native speaker’s answer

Rebecca

"Have" is used in this case with the past tense verb "asked" to create present perfect tense, and indicate that they asked her at an indefinite time and the action was not completed. The overall meaning would not change too much if you omitted "have", however, it would show that they already asked her about it at a specific time and they are done asking. "Have asked" implies that the action of them asking is not completed, so they still ask about it.

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