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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Have been having or have had problems?
Hi. Please help. For the sentences below, one with the present continuous and the other with present perfect, I think they both denote their still having the problems and could mean the same (or perhaps could mean almost the same - if it could, I don't know what the difference might be).
We have been having (have had) problems with the refrigerator since we bought it.
We have been having (have had) problems with the refrigerator since we bought it.
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The meanings are basically the same, but the present continuous suggests that the problems are still continuing, while the present perfect would allow that they may have now ceased.
- The meanings are basically the same, but the present continuous suggests that the problems are still continuing, while the present perfect would allow that they may have now ceased.
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The meanings are basically the same, but the present continuous suggests that the problems are still continuing, while the present perfect would allow that they may have now ceased.
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They are nearly the same to me.
I would probably guess that there were more problems and more annoyance because of them with "been having", and only occasional problems that we are more resigned to as a matter of everyday life with "had". In fact, and I think it supports my view, you can put "always" more easily with "had":
???We have always been having problems with the refr
I would probably guess that there were more problems and more annoyance because of them with "been having", and only occasional problems that we are more resigned to as a matter of everyday life with "had". In fact, and I think it supports my view, you can put "always" more easily with "had":
???We have always been having problems with the refr
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