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Jumanah Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Present perfect...
How many years have you lived alone?
How many years have you been living alone?
They is no difference between them?
Am I right?
How many years have you been living alone?
They is no difference between them?
Am I right?
Top answer
) Both sentences are correct and have a similar meaning: you are asking someone to give you the duration in years of the period of his solitary life. There is a nuance here. The first sentence is the regular question in this context and the one most often heard - and the more polite sentence.
- ) Both sentences are correct and have a similar meaning: you are asking someone to give you the duration in years of the period of his solitary life.
- There is a nuance here.
- The first sentence is the regular question in this context and the one most often heard - and the more polite sentence.
- The second one implies that the period of solitary living has been long - this is less polite, as there are connotations of prying, like you're criticizing him for living alone so long.
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(The following is US usage.)
Both sentences are correct and have a similar meaning: you are asking someone to give you the duration in years of the period of his solitary life.
There is a nuance here. The first sentence is the regular question in this context and the one most often heard - and the more polite sentence. The second one implies that the period of solitary living
Both sentences are correct and have a similar meaning: you are asking someone to give you the duration in years of the period of his solitary life.
There is a nuance here. The first sentence is the regular question in this context and the one most often heard - and the more polite sentence. The second one implies that the period of solitary living
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