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Linguaphile Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

all day

She ---- up and down in the office all day. Do you know what ---- her?

A) has been walking/is troubling
B) walked/troubles
C) is walking/troubled
D) walks/has been troubling
E) was walking/has troubled

Hi, I think the correct answer is A, but if B were like

B) walked / is troubling

would it then be correct or would it be wrong on the ground that the two events seem detached due to the Simple Past in the first blank and what about the other alternatives? What tenses can we use with "all day"?
  

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Hi, She ---- up and down in the office all day. Do you know what ---- her? A) has been walking/is troubling I'm sure this is the expected answer.

— Clive

  • Hi, She ---- up and down in the office all day.
  • Do you know what ---- her?
  • A) has been walking/is troubling I'm sure this is the expected answer.
  • I would hesitate to say that any of the following are 'incorrect'.
  • I'd say they are 'very, very unlikely to be heard'.
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Hi,

She ---- up and down in the office all day. Do you know what ---- her?

A) has been walking/is troubling I'm sure this is the expected answer.


I would hesitate to say that any of the following are 'incorrect'. I'd say they are 'very, very unlikely to be heard'. It really depends on the way that you interpret the temporal connec
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Hi Ling.,

Are you preparing for YDS exam?
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No, I am not. I am just a linguaphile. Emotion: smile
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