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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
present perfect and present continuous
Hi,
Are these correct? Do we always have to use the phrase "the last" or "the past" with a present perfect and present continuous?
1.I have been here for two days.
2.I have been here for the past two days.
3.I have been busy for two days.
4.I have been doing this for two days.
5.I have been busy for a couple of days
6.I have been doing this for a couple of days.
7.I have ben busy for the past/last two days.
8.I have been doing this for past/last two days.
9.I have been busy/doing for the past couple of days.
Are these correct? Do we always have to use the phrase "the last" or "the past" with a present perfect and present continuous?
1.I have been here for two days.
2.I have been here for the past two days.
3.I have been busy for two days.
4.I have been doing this for two days.
5.I have been busy for a couple of days
6.I have been doing this for a couple of days.
7.I have ben busy for the past/last two days.
8.I have been doing this for past/last two days.
9.I have been busy/doing for the past couple of days.
Top answer
p. c. -- in fact, if you don't want to use those phrases, you never have to!
- p.
- c.
- -- in fact, if you don't want to use those phrases, you never have to!
- As for correctness, all are fine except spelling error in 7 ("ben") and missing word ("doing" needs an object) in 9.
- --sandy
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No, you don't always have to use "the last" or "the past" for p.p. and p.c. -- in fact, if you don't want to use those phrases, you never have to!
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