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Diamondrg Posted 19 years ago
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for the last few days

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01font01i00[for / in / during / over / within / throughout] the [last / past] [week / month / year /few days]02i02font02br
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00Well, can we use use "the present perfect" or "the simple past" with each of these time expressions? For example, can we use "for the past few days" with the simple past? Thanks.0-
  

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0It is hard to answer without any context but using 01i 00for02i 00, 01i 00over, throughout, the last few days, during02i 00 sound incorrect to me with the simple past. 0-

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  • 0It is hard to answer without any context but using 01i 00for02i 00, 01i 00over, throughout, the last few days, during02i 00 sound incorrect to me with the simple past.
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0It is hard to answer without any context but using 01i00for02i00, 01i00over, throughout, the last few days, during02i00 sound incorrect to me with the simple past. 0-
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0you can use it in different ways but it depends on the context, u can say during the last few days also but as i mentioned it depends on ur context 050010id1
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0 [within / in] seems better with the simple past, especially with 01i00just02i00.02br
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01b00... just ... within ...02b02br
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00 He just died within the past [week / few days].02br
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00 He just won the prize in the past [
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0Thank you Jim.02br
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00It seems to me, under the light of the following examples, without context either present perfect (continuous) or simple past can be used, but in most cases these time expressions are used in a context which requires one tense rather than the other.02br
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Hey Diamondrg,

Can u plz help me here....

after listening to it for the past three days
OR
after listening to it over the past three days

which one is correct or both are wrong
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