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Laborious Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

"I've been really worried about you" vs "I'm really worried about you"

Hi teachers, 

Could you please tell me what the difference between the following sentences is? 

Here are the sentences: 

1. I've been really worried about you. (present perfect)

2. I'm really worried about you. (simple present) 

I know that "1" is in the 'present perfect tense', while the "2" is in the 'simple present tense', but I'm not sure about the difference in their meaning. There are many uses of the present perfect tense, and I don't know which use applies there (in no.1). I think that "2" expresses a present state, i.e., how things are now, at this moment. So, "2" expresses that the speaker is, at the moment, in a state where he/she is worried about the person referred to by 'you'. I'd like to have your opinions on the difference between the two, please. 

Thank you. 
  

Top answer

Laborious I'd like to have your opinions on the difference between the two, please. The difference is the same as always: #2 refers to NOW only, and #1 refers to the recent past up to NOW.

— Mister Micawber

  • Laborious I'd like to have your opinions on the difference between the two, please.
  • The difference is the same as always: #2 refers to NOW only, and #1 refers to the recent past up to NOW.
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LaboriousI'd like to have your opinions on the difference between the two, please.
The difference is the same as always: #2 refers to NOW only, and #1 refers to the recent past up to NOW.
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Mister Micawber #1 refers to the recent past up to NOW.
You mean, in #1, the situation of his/her being worried about the other person stated in the past (the recent past), and continues up to now, i.e., the speaker is still worried about the other person. Is this what you meant?

Thank you.
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Laboriousi.e., the speaker is still worried about the other person. Is this what you meant?
That is not what Mr M said.

In the speaker could have been worried up to a certain point and uttered those words at the moment the worry stopped.
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I am worried about my friend she is acting so strange to me and I am really worried about her she is my best friend **** and its looks like we are moving slower with my best friend like she doesn't like me anymore how can I tell her something

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