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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

perfect continuous in two sentences with as

0What on earth is correct?02br
00I have been studying english for two years as has my brother.02br
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00 I have been studying english for two years as has been my brother?02br
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0Your first sentence is OK, but the second one isn't. )02br 02br 00You could also say this:02br 01i 00I have been studying 01b 00E02b 00nglish for two years and so has my brother. 02i 0-

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  • 0Your first sentence is OK, but the second one isn't.
  • )02br 02br 00You could also say this:02br 01i 00I have been studying 01b 00E02b 00nglish for two years and so has my brother.
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0Your first sentence is OK, but the second one isn't. (Don't forget to capitalize the word 'English'.)02br
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00You could also say this:02br
01i00I have been studying 01b00E02b00nglish for two years and so has my brother. 02i0-
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0 you could say02br
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00I have been studying English for two years as has my brother 0-
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1i00I have been studying 01b00E02b00nglish for two years and so has my brother. 02i02br
00 Thanks a lot, that is what I needed. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Would you tell me why the present continuous after 'as' isn't good?02br
02br
00 I have been studying english for two years as has been my brother?0-
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00Only the first auxiliary is used.0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Would you tell me why the present continuous after 'as' isn't good?12blockquote
10 It's not a matter of continuous or not. It's a matter of keeping consistent with how questions are made. Invert the subject and operator.02br
00Correct syntax for a question: 01i00Has m
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0Thank you.02br
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00I have been studying your post some time as has been given by you.-- Is this right?02br
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00Would you mind giving me some examples of other constructions that use the same priniciple you taked about? 0-
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0>I have been studying your post some time as has been given by you.-- Is this right?02br
00Just: 02br
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00I have been studying your post 01b00for02b00 some time0-
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