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Bhas Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Hi everybody. I have a doubt regarding present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses.
Usually, present perfect tense can be used in place of present perfect continuous tense and vice versa.
As in :
George has been working here for 5 years.
George has worked here for 5 years.(and he continues to..)
Is it possible to use present perfect continuous tense to rewrite a sentence which has present perfect tense, without changing the exact meaning of the sentence.
E.g.:
Emma has been married to John for 3 years.
He has written 3 novels since 1999.
Can we write such sentences using present perfect continuous to express the same meaning.
Thank you all.
Usually, present perfect tense can be used in place of present perfect continuous tense and vice versa.
As in :
George has been working here for 5 years.
George has worked here for 5 years.(and he continues to..)
Is it possible to use present perfect continuous tense to rewrite a sentence which has present perfect tense, without changing the exact meaning of the sentence.
E.g.:
Emma has been married to John for 3 years.
He has written 3 novels since 1999.
Can we write such sentences using present perfect continuous to express the same meaning.
Thank you all.
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It all depends on the verb. These are equivalent: He has lived here for three years. He has been living here for three years.
- It all depends on the verb.
- These are equivalent: He has lived here for three years.
- He has been living here for three years.
- He has taught here for three years.
- He has been teaching here for three years.
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It all depends on the verb. These are equivalent:
He has lived here for three years.
He has been living here for three years.
He has taught here for three years.
He has been teaching here for three years.
He has been playing piano since he was five years old.
He has played piano since he was five years old.
The activity verbs without an idea of acti
He has lived here for three years.
He has been living here for three years.
He has taught here for three years.
He has been teaching here for three years.
He has been playing piano since he was five years old.
He has played piano since he was five years old.
The activity verbs without an idea of acti
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