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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Present Perfect Continious

Hi! What's true here: He had a black eye and you have a cut lip. Let me guess! You have fought again or you have been fighting again?

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Dear friend, comparing similar contexts, I find the present perfect progressive more appropriate in this particular case. ) It has been raining hard. ) You' ve been crying , haven't you?

— Andriy Lapin

  • Dear friend, comparing similar contexts, I find the present perfect progressive more appropriate in this particular case.
  • ) It has been raining hard.
  • ) You' ve been crying , haven't you?
  • In other words, if a conclusive verb is not accompanied by an adverbial of duration, the intended meaning is frequently that the effects of the happening still can be observed, which perfectly agrees with the use of pr.
  • perf.
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Dear friend,

comparing similar contexts, I find the present perfect progressive more appropriate in this particular case. Cf:

(The streets are flooded.) It has been raining hard.
(Your eyes are red.) You've been crying, haven't you?

In other words, if a conclusive verb is not accompanied by an adverbial of duration, the intended meaning i
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hi my problem right is here...I don't know Whats diffrent between when we use been in sentence or we don't used it for example: I've been studying english for three years or I've studying English for three yesrs(but I think first sentence is right)
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Greetings, Farshad. First and foremost, welcome to the forums!

I've been studying English for three years - by saying this you: 1) emphasise the duration of the action (studying English) and either 2) say that the action has continued up to the moment of speaking, but is continuing no longer or 3) say that the action is continuing into the present period.

*I've studyi
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I think he means "I've studied", which doesn't give any indication as to whether it's still continuing in the present, in my opinion.
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1. You have been fighting again.

I would agree with Gleb: the present perfect here expresses an unbroken connection to the present.

Best wishes,

MrP
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