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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect or past perfect continuous with words "lived" and "worked"
Hi. Please help.
I happen to think the both sentences below could denote the sense that the person being introduced had been living there for three years and continued to do so. But no. 1 , unlike no.2, also can denote that the person being introduced had lived there one time (in the past) but no longer does. If the both senses can be conveyed, how should we expect the reader of sentence 1 to interprete?
1. He introduced a person who had lived there for three years.
2. He introduced a person who had been living there for three years.
I think we can say that the both sentences denote the sense that the person being introduced had been living for the past three years and continued to do so, but the both sentences do not denote the sense of having lived there one time for three years in the past.
1. He introduced a person who had lived there for the past three years.
2. He introduced a person who had been living there for the past three years.
I hope my question makes sense (in that you can help me effectively).
I happen to think the both sentences below could denote the sense that the person being introduced had been living there for three years and continued to do so. But no. 1 , unlike no.2, also can denote that the person being introduced had lived there one time (in the past) but no longer does. If the both senses can be conveyed, how should we expect the reader of sentence 1 to interprete?
1. He introduced a person who had lived there for three years.
2. He introduced a person who had been living there for three years.
I think we can say that the both sentences denote the sense that the person being introduced had been living for the past three years and continued to do so, but the both sentences do not denote the sense of having lived there one time for three years in the past.
1. He introduced a person who had lived there for the past three years.
2. He introduced a person who had been living there for the past three years.
I hope my question makes sense (in that you can help me effectively).
Top answer
-- Either way is possible; that is why we have the continuous form: to clarify. We must look to the context: where is 'there' and where is the person at the time of the introduction. -- No, I don't think we can say that.
- -- Either way is possible; that is why we have the continuous form: to clarify.
- We must look to the context: where is 'there' and where is the person at the time of the introduction.
- -- No, I don't think we can say that.
- Look at the vetrb form you chose in both your explanations.
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If both senses can be conveyed, how should we expect the reader of sentence 1 to be interpreted?-- Either way is possible; that is why we have the continuous form: to clarify. We must look to the context: where is 'there' and where is the person at the time of the introduction.
I think we can say that the both sentences denote the sense that the person being introduce
I think we can say that the both sentences denote the sense that the person being introduce
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