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Pavlides Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Have been?
If you are on a shopping or sightseeing trip and you are asked how your trip is going, is the following OK to describe the last 3/4 days?
I have been excited.
Is this a better answer?
I have been having an exciting time.
Is the I have been pattern suitable here? What difference does having make?
Thank you.
I have been excited.
Is this a better answer?
I have been having an exciting time.
Is the I have been pattern suitable here? What difference does having make?
Thank you.
Top answer
I'd forget about the first one. Yes, "have been having" is suitable. There are many ways to say it, but yours is good because it implies that the fun is not yet over.
- I'd forget about the first one.
- Yes, "have been having" is suitable.
- There are many ways to say it, but yours is good because it implies that the fun is not yet over.
- " One "have" is the main verb and the other is an auxilliary, or helping verb.
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I'd forget about the first one.
Yes, "have been having" is suitable.
There are many ways to say it, but yours is good because it implies that the fun is not yet over.
To have something is a very common structure:
to have a cold
to have fun
to have a good time
to have a problem
I had fun, I am having fun, I was having fun, I will be having f
Yes, "have been having" is suitable.
There are many ways to say it, but yours is good because it implies that the fun is not yet over.
To have something is a very common structure:
to have a cold
to have fun
to have a good time
to have a problem
I had fun, I am having fun, I was having fun, I will be having f
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