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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

been and stayed

0Quick question. I`m an assistant language teacher in Japan and I`m having a hard time explaining the difference between 01i00stayed 02i00and 01i00been02i00 in these sentences. Is there a difference? Do all these sentences work?02br
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00I`ve 01i00stayed02i00 here at the top since last Saturday.02br
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00I`ve 01i00been02i00 here at the top since last Saturday.02br
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00Even the birds have 01i00stayed02i00 at home today.02br
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00Even the birds have 01i00been02i00 at home today.02br
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00Thanks,02br
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00Matt0-
  

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0 I don't quite understand "at the top". Other than that, the first two are nearly equivalent. 02br 02br 00 If the birds have 01b 00stayed02b 00 at home, they have never ventured out at all.

— CalifJim

  • 0 I don't quite understand "at the top".
  • Other than that, the first two are nearly equivalent.
  • 02br 02br 00 If the birds have 01b 00stayed02b 00 at home, they have never ventured out at all.
  • If, on the other hand, they have 01b 00been02b 00 at home, then at some time during the day they were present at home even though they may have been out at various times throughout the day.
  • 02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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0 I don't quite understand "at the top". Other than that, the first two are nearly equivalent. The second two, however, have a bit of a problem.02br
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00 If the birds have 01b00stayed02b00 at home, they have never ventured out at all. If, on the other hand, they have 01b00been02b00 at home, then at some time during the d
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