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Cat desk Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

"have been" vs "were" looking for

I have a question regarding present perfect continuous tense and past continuous tense. Suppose I am watching a soccer match between England and France. Both the teams are playing well and need a goal to win. Just after a moment, France score a goal. Which of the tenses should I use in the sentence below to express my feeling.

Here's the sentence:

Oh! what an outstanding goal! That's the goal France have been/were looking for.

  

Top answer

In this context you can use either tense.

— GPY

  • In this context you can use either tense.
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In this context you can use either tense.

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In American you'd most likely say 'was'.

CJ

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