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Pokemon27 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Present perfect and present perfect continuous

For the below questions, I am confused about whether to use present perfect or present perfect continuous. Could anyone help with this? Also please explain why


1. Up to now, I .................any opportunity to check this information

haven't had or haven't been having


2. She .................... in this company since 2005,

has worked or has been working


  

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pokemon27 1. any opportunity to check this information In this context, "have" is a stative verb. It is not used in the progressive form.

  • pokemon27 1.
  • any opportunity to check this information In this context, "have" is a stative verb.
  • It is not used in the progressive form.
  • Also, your sentence lacks ending punctuation.
  • pokemon27 2.
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pokemon271. Up to now, I .................any opportunity to check this information

In this context, "have" is a stative verb. It is not used in the progressive form.

Also, your sentence lacks ending punctuation.

pokemon272. She .................... in this company since 2005,

Either form can be used. If the

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