Past perfect continuous
She had been suffering from the flu when she was interviewed. To me this means she had been suffering from the flu for a while and was still suffering at the time of the interview. Is this correct? Can I use the past perfect continuous without adding a duration?
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Not a teacher, but I can tell you it's 100% correct. And yes, you can definitely use the past perfect continuous without adding time adverbials, but you should still wait for an actual teacher to reply just in case.
- Not a teacher, but I can tell you it's 100% correct.
- And yes, you can definitely use the past perfect continuous without adding time adverbials, but you should still wait for an actual teacher to reply just in case.
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Not a teacher, but I can tell you it's 100% correct. 
And yes, you can definitely use the past perfect continuous without adding
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in American English or just flu in British English.
0olive file 673Can I use the past perfect continuous without adding a duration?
There is no tense in English which requires you to add a duration.
You must have read something that led you astray on this because I can't imagine how else you might have thought that a duration was required.
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