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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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A: how do you know everything about the apartment?
B: I have been living there. I moved to another apartment this morning.
  

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A: Why do you know everything about the apartment? B: I've been living there. I moved to another apartment this morning.

— Mister Micawber

  • A: Why do you know everything about the apartment?
  • B: I've been living there.
  • I moved to another apartment this morning.
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A: Why do you know everything about the apartment?
B: I've been living there. I moved to another apartment this morning.
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AnonymousA: how do you know everything about the apartment?
How do you know so much about the apartment? seems more natural to me.

CJ
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Can I use 'yesterday' and such other like ago in the second sentence? Like: 'I moved to another apartment yesterday', is the sentence still correct with the situation?
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Anonymous'I moved to another apartment yesterday', is the sentence still correct with the situation?
Yes.
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You mean I can say,

A: how do you know everything about the apartment?
B: I have been living there. I moved to another apartment two days ago.

shouldnt it be 'I had bwen living there' not 'I have been living there'?
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Anonymousshouldnt it be 'I had bwen living there' not 'I have been living there'?
No. At some point, the native speaker would switch the first verb to simple past instead of present perfect.
B: I lived there (recently).
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