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Dan154 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
"Has lived" or "has been living"? - SAT grammar
The SAT has this sentence as correct:
Born of Ibuza parents in Nigeria, novelist Buchi Emechteta moved to England in 1962 and has lived since then in North London.
Living in some place from 1962 to today is an action that stretches across a long period of time. Shouldn't it say: "...and has been living in North London ever since" or something of that sort? To me, the current version ("has lived there") indicates only that she has lived there in some point in the past, and thus it contradicts with the "since then". Where is the continuous?
Thank you.
Born of Ibuza parents in Nigeria, novelist Buchi Emechteta moved to England in 1962 and has lived since then in North London.
Living in some place from 1962 to today is an action that stretches across a long period of time. Shouldn't it say: "...and has been living in North London ever since" or something of that sort? To me, the current version ("has lived there") indicates only that she has lived there in some point in the past, and thus it contradicts with the "since then". Where is the continuous?
Thank you.
Top answer
totally agree with you, "Since then" suggests a long period of " continual living" in that particular place, thus using "has been living" (present perfect continuous tense) is more suitable than any other tense.
- totally agree with you, "Since then" suggests a long period of " continual living" in that particular place, thus using "has been living" (present perfect continuous tense) is more suitable than any other tense.
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totally agree with you,
"Since then" suggests a long period of " continual living" in that particular place, thus using "has been living" (present perfect continuous tense) is more suitable than any other tense.
"Since then" suggests a long period of " continual living" in that particular place, thus using "has been living" (present perfect continuous tense) is more suitable than any other tense.
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