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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Difference between two sentenses

1) I have watched TV for three hours. 2) I have been watching TV for 3 hours.
If meaning of both sentences same, when to use 1) & when to use 2)
  

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Anonymous 1) I have watched TV for three hours. Use that when you have finished watching. Anonymous 2) I have been watching TV for 3 hours Use that when you're still watching.

  • Anonymous 1) I have watched TV for three hours.
  • Use that when you have finished watching.
  • Anonymous 2) I have been watching TV for 3 hours Use that when you're still watching.
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Anonymous1) I have watched TV for three hours.
Use that when you have finished watching.
Anonymous2) I have been watching TV for 3 hours
Use that when you're still watching.
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Well, there is always not just one situation where a verb tense is used.
1 is used for instance when you want to tell someone that you have watched TV for a considerable amount of time and so you do not want to watch it any longer.
It can also be used when someone asks "What have you done today?"
2 is used to tell someone that you started doing something in the past and is
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Present perfect with 'since' & 'for' has same meaning to that of present perfect continuous i.e. action is still continuing
Is this true for all verbs? Does verb "watch' include in that?
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AnonymousPresent perfect with 'since' & 'for' has same meaning to that of present perfect continuous i.e. action is still continuing
Not necessarily.
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Can you create some context where the sentence "I have watched the TV for two hours/since morning." interprets the watching TV is still continuing? (Meaning like a present perfect continuous.)
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No context is needed beyond what you have already created:
Anonymoushe watching TV is still continuing
I have been watching TV since this morning.
I have been watching TV for two hours.
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Sir, I want a examples in present perfect tense which has the meaning that the action is still continuing.
Please give the examples other that state verbs & except verbs live, work, learn, study, play.
Intention here, I want to know how the verbs other than mentioned above mean "the action is continuing"
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Over the years, he has grown in knowledge and wisdom.
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Thanks a lot. Expecting more examples to clear the confusion

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