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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUE
Hello teacher
Please take a look at this sentence
"She has been oversleeping in the train and missing her stop."
Why present perfect continuous for missing?
I would write
1) if she has not already missed the stop.
and she is going to miss her stop.
and she is missing her stop.
2)if she has missed already her stop
and she has missed her stop. (not duration but result)
May be the writer wants to explain that it is not the first time she has done it and she does continue to miss her stop regularly;
Thanks for answering
Please take a look at this sentence
"She has been oversleeping in the train and missing her stop."
Why present perfect continuous for missing?
I would write
1) if she has not already missed the stop.
and she is going to miss her stop.
and she is missing her stop.
2)if she has missed already her stop
and she has missed her stop. (not duration but result)
May be the writer wants to explain that it is not the first time she has done it and she does continue to miss her stop regularly;
Thanks for answering
Top answer
Suggestion: She often sleeps through her stop on the train. or She (recently) has been sleeping through her stop on the train. The first describes a normal condition; the second describes a condition that has started just lately.
- Suggestion: She often sleeps through her stop on the train.
- or She (recently) has been sleeping through her stop on the train.
- The first describes a normal condition; the second describes a condition that has started just lately.
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Suggestion: She often sleeps through her stop on the train. or She (recently) has been sleeping through her stop on the train. The first describes a normal condition; the second describes a condition that has started just lately.
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