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Constantly

Have I used constantly right?

I am trying to call you since yesterday but your phone is constantly busy.

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"constantly" is right, but the verb tense is wrong. It should be: I HAVE BEEN trying to call you since yesterday, but your phone HAS BEEN constantly busy. Rommie

— Rommie

  • "constantly" is right, but the verb tense is wrong.
  • It should be: I HAVE BEEN trying to call you since yesterday, but your phone HAS BEEN constantly busy.
  • Rommie
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"constantly" is right, but the verb tense is wrong. It should be:

I HAVE BEEN trying to call you since yesterday, but your phone HAS BEEN constantly busy.

Rommie
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I think you can still say:
I have been trying to call you since yesterday, but your phone IS constantly busy.

The "is" implies continuity, although I guess that strictly speaking "has been" is more accurate because obviously their phone is no longer busy (unless of course the first person is just talking to the second person face-to-face, because they couldn't get through on the ph
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