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Nina_Nia Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Present perfect continous

Hello,

Are these two tenses the present perfect and the present perfect continuous generally used interchangeably?
Eg.
I have lived in Paris for two weeks. (The person is still living in Paris)

I have been living in Paris for two weeks.(May or may not be living in Paris at the moment)

I have lived in Paris. (The speaker doesn't live in Paris anymore)

If I am not mistaken when 'for' is used in a sentence(in present perfect tense) to show duration of an action it implies that the action is still in progress. Without the 'for', the last sentence suggests that the person doesn't live there anymore and that the action is complete.

Thanks
  

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Nina_Nia I have lived in Paris for two weeks. ) Right. Nina_Nia I have been living in Paris for two weeks.

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  • Nina_Nia I have lived in Paris for two weeks.
  • ) Right.
  • Nina_Nia I have been living in Paris for two weeks.
  • ) No, there is no doubt that the speaker is still living in Paris.
  • Nina_Nia I have lived in Paris.
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Nina_NiaI have lived in Paris for two weeks. (The person is still living in Paris.)
Right.
Nina_NiaI have been living in Paris for two weeks. (May or may not be living in Paris at the moment.)
No, there is no doubt that the speaker is still living in Paris.
Nina_NiaI have lived in Paris.
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Aspara GusNina_NiaI have been living in Paris for two weeks. (May or may not be living in Paris at the moment.)No, there is no doubt that the speaker is still living in Paris.
I thought that since present perfect continuous is used to suggest that the action has just or recently stopped maybe the action has stopped recently and the speaker has come back home.
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Aspara GusNina_NiaIf I am not mistaken when 'for' is used in a sentence(in present perfect tense) to show duration of an action it implies that the action is still in progress. Without the 'for', the last sentence suggests that the person doesn't live there anymore and that the action is complete.
What other adverds would suggest the same idea?
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Nina_Niapresent perfect continuous is used to suggest that the action has just or recently stopped
I’m having a hard time thinking of a situation where your second sentence would mean that you no longer live in Paris.
Nina_NiaWhat other adverbs would suggest the same idea?
since

(I have been living here si
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Nina_NiaI thought that since present perfect continuous is used to suggest that the action has just or recently stopped maybe the action has stopped recently and the speaker has come back home.
You normally 'live' in a place for longer than two weeks. If you say, "I have been living in Paris for two weeks", the natural assumption is that you have not stopped
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fivejedjonIn other situations, the present perfect progressive/continuous is uses when an action has recently stopped but has some relevance to the present:
So it suggests that the action is still in progress only in situations when it has some relevance to the present.
I usually see this in simple sentences like these two and the like:
  • I'm tired
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