Present perfect

JadelCan you please tell me what's the difference between "present perfect" and "present perfect progressive"?

'progressive' is another word for 'continuous' when applied to tenses. All continuous (progressive) tenses have a form of be for an auxiliary and an -ing on the lexical verb.

Present perfect: has waited, have worked, has ta

No, I mean what's the difference between "she has been studying for 3 hours.
"She has studied for 3 hours"?

JadelNo, I mean what's the difference between "she has been studying for 3 hours."She has studied for 3 hours"?

I see. But that's a completely different question.

There is little difference in meaning between those two examples. The first one (has been studying) puts more emphasis on the fact that the studying has continued up to the time the

JadelCan you please tell me what's the difference between "present perfect" and "present perfect progressive"?

When you ask this sort of question you have to state expressis verbis that you mean usage or forms (or both) of the tenses.

Anonymousexpressis verbis

In this English language forum it is usually better to use English words than uncommon Latin expressions. Our learners are more like to understand, or be able to lookup a word such as 'explicitly'.

Is it correct to say "She has read the book for 2 hours"?

I couldn't notice the difference between these
Have you listened to jazz lately?
Have you been listening to jazz lately?

fivejedjonbe able to lookup a word such as 'explicitly'

I see.

JadelIs it correct to say "She has read the book for 2 hours"?

It's grammatically correct, but it seems like the kind of sentence that would be rather limited in usefulness.

JadelI couldn't notice tell the difference between these: Have you listened to ja

I got it.
Thank you very much, califjim