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What is the present perfect tense of "speak"?

Mr. Hamilton____ the plans as scheduled, there would not have been a cash-flow problem. (present perfect tense of speak)

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May 5, 2018

"would have spoken"

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Differentiation from Simple Past and other examples:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/present_perfect.htm

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