Can "has been smoking" be used in this situation?
If someone has smoked one cigarette in a room and I can smell it can I say: "someone has been smoking here" even though it was only one cigarette?
Top answer
Yes, that's fine. If inside a room we would often say "Someone has been smoking in here", but it is not wrong to omit "in".
- Yes, that's fine.
- If inside a room we would often say "Someone has been smoking in here", but it is not wrong to omit "in".
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Yes, that's fine. If inside a room we would often say "Someone has been smoking in here", but it is not wrong to omit "in".
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Yes, that's good. Smoking is a continuous activity, even if it's just one cigarette for five minutes, so various past tenses are ok:
- Someone smoked in here recently.
- Someone has smoked in here.
- Someone has been smoking in here
All are good and I like your choice of the third one.
Dave
0olive file 673If someone has smoked one cigarette in a room and I can smell it
I assume you walked into an empty room.
olive file 673can I say: "someone has been smoking here" even though it was only one cigarette?
So how do you know how many cigarettes were smoked in that room before you arrived?
Do you real
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