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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

heat patches

My friend gave me a few medicinal heat patches and I put them on this morning. She asks if they're working. I say:

The patches are working. Or

The patches have been working.

And

I took the cab to school the first two weeks of the month, but have stopped because class is over. So when the driver was taking us on a loop. I say:

I've taken the cab to school for/in the past month, so I know what route we should've taken.. Or

I've been taking the cab to school in/for the past month, so I know what route we should've taken. OR

I was taking the cab to school last week, so I know what route we should've taken.

Are all three useable in this situation?

Thanks!
  

Top answer

1. The sentence below seems more appropriate: The patches are working. 2.

— Kumarz

  • 1.
  • The sentence below seems more appropriate: The patches are working.
  • 2.
  • I took the cab to the school in the past month, so I know which route we should take.
  • Remember to use simple past when there is a mention of time in the past.
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1. The sentence below seems more appropriate:
The patches are working.

2. I took the cab to the school in the past month, so I know which route we should take.
Remember to use simple past when there is a mention of time in the past.
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