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If she beats him he'll claim she

English Language & Usage Asked on June 26, 2021

The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language by H&P (Page 126) has this example of non-deictic past:

If she beats him he’ll claim she cheated.

CaGEL explains this sentence as follows:

The time of the (possible) cheating is not anterior to the time of my uttering [the sentence], but to the time of his (possibly) making a claim of cheating.

Can we change past cheated to present perfect has cheated?

If she beats him he’ll claim she has cheated.

Is there’s any difference in meaning?

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