Allocations of present particle and present tense in a row

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For example if I'm asking if a person has and/or is currently doing something,
should I allocate the present particle (has/have) before the present tense one?
I know my expression could be wrong but you are welcome to critique;)

THANKS;)

GPY · Accepted Answer

By "present particle" do you mean "present participle"? "has" and "have" are not present participles. Present participles are "-ing" words, like "doing".

You ask if a person is/was doing something, or if they have been doing something, not if they has/have doing something.

CalifJim · Answer

diAAnaPFor example if I'm asking if a person has and/or is currently doing something,should I allocate the present particle (has/have) before the present tense one?I know my expression could be wrong but you are welcome to critique;)THANKS;)

I believe you want these:

What are you doing?
What have you been doing?

You need to know your verb forms: infinitive, past, present participle, past participle.

For do these are do, did, doing, done.

The present participle is not the same as the present tense.
The past participle is not the same as the past tense.

You put the past participle after a form of have (has, have, had) to make a perfect tense.
You put the present participle after a form of be (is, are, was, were, been, ...) to make a continuous tense.

I hope you have studied these because they are important.

CJ

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