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Sundarnaz Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Present perfect continuoues tense 1

Here are the translations of some sentences. Please see if they are grammatically correct and natural.

1) He has not been taking exercise for two days.

2) The idle students have not been working for several/many days.

3) The tailor has not been sewing clothes since Tuesday.

4) The hunter has not been setting net for several/many months.

5) These boys have not been making mischief for three days.

In sentences number 2 and 4 which is more common, several or many?

Thanks.

  

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sundarnaz grammatically correct and natural: All of your sentences are more native in present perfect; they all refer to recent conditions, not actions. 1) He has not exercised for two days. 2) The idle students have worked for several/many days.

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  • sundarnaz grammatically correct and natural: All of your sentences are more native in present perfect; they all refer to recent conditions, not actions.
  • 1) He has not exercised for two days.
  • 2) The idle students have worked for several/many days.
  • 3) The tailor has not sewn any clothes since Tuesday.
  • 4) The hunter has not set his net for several/many months.
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sundarnazgrammatically correct and natural:

All of your sentences are more native in present perfect; they all refer to recent conditions, not actions.

1) He has not exercised for two days.

2) The idle students have worked for several/many days.

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sundarnaztaking exercise

While this wording is possible, it's antiquated and wordy which means that it's not common anymore. People generally just say exercise as a verb.

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