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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"be awaiting" vs "have been awaiting"

What's differences between "I'm awaiting the arrival of the book from Amazon at the end of this month" and "I have been awaiting the arrival of the book from Amazon at the end of this month"?
  

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Your second example is the perfect-progressive tense, which is usually used to put things in chronological order. It isn't usually used as a stand-alone like the above. A typical use would be: I've been awaiting the arrival of the book for three weeks.

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  • Your second example is the perfect-progressive tense, which is usually used to put things in chronological order.
  • It isn't usually used as a stand-alone like the above.
  • A typical use would be: I've been awaiting the arrival of the book for three weeks.
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Your second example is the perfect-progressive tense, which is usually used to put things in chronological order. It isn't usually used as a stand-alone like the above.

A typical use would be: I've been awaiting the arrival of the book for three weeks.
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Hi,

I'm awaiting - present continuous (something you are doing/awaiting at the moment).

I have been awaiting - present perfect continuous (Actually past - Something you have been expecting (up until now) - You have been expecting to await arrival at the end of this month. You kind of think back, what you have been expecting)

-> 'I am awaiting arrival of the book from
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The sentences are not natural. You need the verb "expect" not "wait" or "await". You wait mainly when something is past due, or soon to arrive, not something coming at a particular time in the future.

"I'm expecting the arrival of the book from Amazon at the end of this month."
"I'm expecting the arrival of the book from Amazon any day now."
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