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Rashid rajal Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Has been, had been
Condition.
I left home at 9am and traveled to different places in city. Then I came back home at 3pm. And then I got phone call of my brother at 6pm. Now I told him what I did all the day.
So help me to make correct sentence.
1.(Today) I have traveled since morning.
2.(Today) I had been traveling since morning.
I want to know about some thing you did from a point of time to other point of time but you are not doing now.
I left home at 9am and traveled to different places in city. Then I came back home at 3pm. And then I got phone call of my brother at 6pm. Now I told him what I did all the day.
So help me to make correct sentence.
1.(Today) I have traveled since morning.
2.(Today) I had been traveling since morning.
I want to know about some thing you did from a point of time to other point of time but you are not doing now.
Top answer
rashid rajal from a point of time to an other point of time but you are not doing now Past perfect progressive (continuous). I had been traveling since (9 am) this morning. But since this all happened in the same day, the past perfect seems unnecessary.
- rashid rajal from a point of time to an other point of time but you are not doing now Past perfect progressive (continuous).
- I had been traveling since (9 am) this morning.
- But since this all happened in the same day, the past perfect seems unnecessary.
- A native speaker would more likely say just I did a lot of traveling today .
- CJ
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rashid rajalfrom a point of time to another point of time but you are not doing nowPast perfect progressive (continuous). I had been traveling since (9 am) this morning.
But since this all happened in the same day, the past perfect seems unnecessary. A native speaker wou
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But if I want to say about some specific time. Like I mentioned before (since morning)
Then what should I say? How I can use here "since " .pleaae guide me.
Then what should I say? How I can use here "since " .pleaae guide me.
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rashid rajalHow I can use here "since "Use it as in the sentence I already gave you.
CJ
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1.(Today) I have traveled since morning. still traveling
2.(Today) I had been traveling since morning. no longer traveling
2.(Today) I had been traveling since morning. no longer traveling
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