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Df2006 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

have been having OR have had?

Will someone be kind enough to enlighten me on the difference of the following two sentences:

1) I have been having this car for 10 years. I guess I'm going to get a new one soon.

2) I have had this car for 10 years. I guess I'm going to get a new one soon.

OR ARE THEY INTERCHANGEABLE WITHOUT MUCH CHANGE IN MEANING?

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Df2006 Will someone be kind enough to enlighten me on the difference of the following two sentences: 1) I have been having this car for 10 years. I guess I'm going to get a new one soon. 2) I have had this car for 10 years.

— Cool Breeze

  • Df2006 Will someone be kind enough to enlighten me on the difference of the following two sentences: 1) I have been having this car for 10 years.
  • I guess I'm going to get a new one soon.
  • 2) I have had this car for 10 years.
  • I guess I'm going to get a new one soon.
  • OR ARE THEY INTERCHANGEABLE WITHOUT MUCH CHANGE IN MEANING?
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Df2006Will someone be kind enough to enlighten me on the difference of the following two sentences:

1) I have been having this car for 10 years. I guess I'm going to get a new one soon.

2) I have had this car for 10 years. I guess I'm going to get a new one soon.

OR ARE THEY INTERCHANGEABLE WITHOU
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Cool Breeze'Have' can't be used in the continuous present perfect and therefore sentence No. 1 is wrong.
Yes, sentence #1 is incorrect, though it might be misleading to say have can't be used in the continuous form. It would be better to say that "have meaning to own is usually not used in the continuous form".

I'm having a s
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Thank you so much, both of you!
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Let's change verbs:

1) I have been driving this car for 10 years. I guess I'm going to get a new one soon.

2) I have driven this car for 10 years. I guess I'm going to get a new one soon.

They have basically the same meaning.

Without any additional information, there is a slight implication that you may no longer
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