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User_gary Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

I am working here

I am working here for 2 years.
I have been working here for 2 years.
I am working here since 2 years before.
I have been working here since 2 years before.


Please correct my sentences.

  

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User_gary I am working here for 2 years. [N] I have been working here for 2 years. [Y] I am working here since 2 years before.

  • User_gary I am working here for 2 years.
  • [N] I have been working here for 2 years.
  • [Y] I am working here since 2 years before.
  • [N] I have been working here since 2 years before.
  • [Y] Please correct my sentences.
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User_garyI am working here for 2 years. [N]
I have been working here for 2 years. [Y]
I am working here since 2 years before. [N]
I have been working here since 2 years before. [Y]


Please correct my sentences.


I don't like using the present continuous tense with "for" even in some situations it is wrong.

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I also have never seen the present continuous tense with "since". [quote from Doll]
It's o.k. with a specific time: I've been working here since last January.

I am working here for 2 years.
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Thanks Philip, I just meant the present continuous tense not the present perfect continuous. Emotion: smile
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The present continuous tense can be used for actions related to future or for temporary actions that are happening but will end at some specific time in the future.

Examples

We are having a party tonight. ( action in the future that has been already planned or scheduled)

I am working here for two months (it means I am working somewhere at the present time and my job w
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Whats wrong with this sentence I have been working here since January 10, 2006?
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Hi,

Nothing. It's fine.

Clive
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I has been working as teacher past 2 years
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I has been working as teacher past 2 years
I have been working as a teacher for the past 2 years.
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i have been working here as a Finance Assistant since Oct 2016
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You need to start and end that sentence correctly.

(And are you a time traveler? Emotion: it wasnt me)

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