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Carter Lee Posted 10 years ago
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Are these difference between " how long have you been?" and " how long have you been leaving" ?

Are these difference between " how long have you been?" and " how long have you been leaving" ?
  

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" and " how long have you been leaving" ? "How long have you been" is incomplete. How long have you been a teacher?

  • " and " how long have you been leaving" ?
  • "How long have you been" is incomplete.
  • How long have you been a teacher?
  • How long have you been waiting for me?
  • How long have you been paying hand bells?
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Carter Lee Are these difference between " how long have you been?" and " how long have you been leaving" ?
"How long have you been" is incomplete. How long have you been a teacher? How long have you been waiting for me? How long have you been paying hand bells? How long have you been aware of the affair?

"Leaving" happens in an instant, so it's not a
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BarbaraPA Carter Lee Are these difference between " how long have you been?" and " how long have you been leaving" ?"How long have you been" is incomplete. How long have you been a teacher? How long have you been waiting for me? How long have you been paying hand bells? How long have you been aware of the affair? "Leaving" happens in an instant, so it's not a verb that we
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Carter Lee .Thanks, then How long have you been watching the movie ? ( Is this the same means that what is the running time for movie?)
Not necessarily. Here are some ways you can answer that:

It started at 7. (Implies I've been watching it since it started at 7, so from 7 until whatever time it is now.)
Just a few minutes, but I've seen it so man

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