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Jesusengland Posted 18 years ago
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I can't understand why is the correct form...

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00I can't understand why is the correct form When was that and no When has that been if the sentence is Penny Has Been Climbing...02br
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00- 'Penny has been climbing before' - 'Oh, has she? When was that?02br
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0has: (present perfect) shows that the events of climbing are 01b 00considered until this point in time02br 02b 02br 00was: (simple past) shows that the events in cause 01b 00were02b 00 most probably remote in time (from today)0-

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  • 0has: (present perfect) shows that the events of climbing are 01b 00considered until this point in time02br 02b 02br 00was: (simple past) shows that the events in cause 01b 00were02b 00 most probably remote in time (from today)0-
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0has: (present perfect) shows that the events of climbing are 01b00considered until this point in time02br
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00was: (simple past) shows that the events in cause 01b00were02b00 most probably remote in time (from today)0-
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0Hello.02br
00First of all, I'd say "Penny has climbed before" rather than "Penny has been climbing before". "Before" suggests an action that is not taking place at the moment of speaking, but the present perfect continuous suggests the opposite.02br
00Anyway, in the case of the question starting with "when", if you ask such a question you expect the answer to be a somewh
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