I haven't received(BrE)/didn't receive(AmE) a letter from him yet.Why前BrE后AmE?

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I haven't received(BrE)/didn't receive(AmE) a letter from him yet.Why前BrE后AmE?

haven't done和didn't do 在英美的口语中,不同的人对这两种时态代表的信息理解不同,但haven't done/didn't do貌似并没有英式英语和美式英语的区别.
haven't done和didn't do一般公认的不同存在于时态语法上,haven't done 指在说话这一时间点之前某事还没有做,表示延续到现在的状态;didn't do仅仅说明某人在过去的某一时间没有做某事,强调的是后面接的具体动作.
参考资料是两个英语国家的人对这个问题的探讨,有例子,讲解得相当清楚,你可以看一下.