Watching Hardik Pandya grow has been great fun: Harsha Bhogle
http://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-videos/10893/watching-hardik-pandya-grow-has-been-great-fun-harsha-bhogle
"Watching Hardik Pandya grow": subject
Has been: main verb
Great fun: noun phrase subject complement.
Why have they used "has been" and not "is"?
Is "watching" a participle and grow a bare infinitive?
I could not decide the main verb.
Thanks
Jigneshbharati Why have they used "has been" and not "is"? Well, the speaker uses present perfect because he refers to the time from the past to the present.
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JigneshbharatiWhy have they used "has been" and not "is"?
Well, the speaker uses present perfect because he refers to the time from the past to the present.