Last days

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Neither is correct.

I have been ill for the last few days.
I have been ill these last few days.

Hi Newguest,

No, sorry.

I've been ill [for] the last few days. (I have been ill and I still am.)

I'm ill, and have been for the last few days. (Emphasizes that you are now ill, but it's being going on for a while.)

I was ill the last few days. (But you are better now.)

PS - Can you tell me about your avatar? What is that a picture of?

Grammar GeekI've been ill [for] the last few days. (I have been ill and I still am.)

Does that necessarily mean you are still sick? I thought that wasn't necessarily true.

Short answer: Yes, but i'm not as likely to use it that way.

Opti is the faster typist - he posted 2 minutes before I did!

Maybe he'll give his opinion too, but if someone said "I've been sick" (remember in the US, we use "sick" for "ill" - it doesn't mean we've been vomiting up a storm) I would think they were still sick, but if they said "I was sick" I would assume they were b

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So in what situation and with which tenses can I use the phrase "last days".

As for the avatar - I'm not really sure myself. I saw this avatar reading a Buddhist forum (one of the users had the same one. I liked it and copied it. Maybe it's the Buddha or someone similar. The figure has got the burning swastika on the forehead.

Grammar GeekIt's certainly possible that you could use present perfect for a completed action in this case (Sorry I didn't get back to you. I've been sick the last few days, but I'm better now.) That would be the "past event but connected to the present" in that it explains why I am NOW telling you why I didn't anwwer you sooner.

Yeah, that's what I was think

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Last days – the end of a series (of days). He spent his last days smoking as many cigarettes as possible. The last days of autumn were exceptionally cold. He wants to/will spend the last days of the year in the . Here we could replace 'last' with 'final'


These last few days – the end of a period with a link to the present –

Thanks for your input!

"I'm curios when the Iraqi forces can free West-Mosul after this pretty quick advance of East-Mosul on the last days."

I have seen the explanation of "last days" and i'm not sure how my sentence would be correct? Thanks for your help!

Pete2017Pete"I'm curios when the Iraqi forces can free West-Mosul after this pretty quick advance of East-Mosul on the last days."I have seen the explanation of "last days" and i'm not sure how my sentence would be correct?

It's not.