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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

have been

I've been playing basketball all this afternoon. What you (do)?

What did you do? or What have you been doing?
If you chose the posterior, is it for maintaining consistency?
  

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Yes, if you choose the latter, it is for consistency.

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  • Yes, if you choose the latter, it is for consistency.
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Yes, if you choose the latter, it is for consistency.
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The speaker chose to consider 'this afternoon' as a present-time period in the first sentence. It would be unnatural to present it as a past-time period in the second.
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Got it, thank you!
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Haha, you always get the point! Thank you so much!
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