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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

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I have studied Spanish here in Chili.
I have lived in this city and know it well.
I have shouted at you for 10 minutes and you haven't reacted at all yet.
They have shot at us for 15 minutes.



Have I stopped studying Spanish?
Have I stopped living in this city?
Have I stopped shouting at you?
Have they stopped shooting at us?
  

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Hi, Guest. It's difficult to give precise answers to your questions because you posted isolated sentences. Responses might vary according to the context.

— Miriam

  • Hi, Guest.
  • It's difficult to give precise answers to your questions because you posted isolated sentences.
  • Responses might vary according to the context.
  • Can you give us some context for your sentences?
  • Miriam
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Hi, Guest.

It's difficult to give precise answers to your questions because you posted isolated sentences.

Responses might vary according to the context. Can you give us some context for your sentences?

Miriam
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I get it. We're supposed to guess what the question is!

OK. I love puzzle games.

I'll bet the questions are: "Are all of these sentences in the present perfect?"
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The sentences are grammatically correct, yes. But the Guest's questions remain unanswered. We don't know if they are still studying, living in a certain city, shouting or being shot.

That's why I asked for context.

Let's take one (any) of the sentences:
"I have shouted at you for 10 minutes and you haven't reacted at all yet."

The Guest's question was: "Have I s
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You are truly clairvoyant if you understood that the questions were real questions and not just more example sentences! I thought they were attempts to transform declaratives into interrogatives!
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~laughs~ A teacher is what I am, which explains many strange things about me!
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