Present perfect continuoues tense 3
Here are the translations of some sentences. Please see if they are grammatically correct and natural.
11) The two friends have not been meeting since March.
12) It has not been raining since yesterday.
13) The ox has not been eating fodder for two days.
13) The patient has not been taking the medicine for two days.
14) Our cow has not been giving milk since Monday.
15) Our English teacher has not been teaching us since yesterday.
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Let me ask you this. Why have you, or the writer, chosen this tense? eg Why say T he two friends have not been meeting since March instead of The two friends have not met since March?
- Let me ask you this.
- Why have you, or the writer, chosen this tense?
- eg Why say T he two friends have not been meeting since March instead of The two friends have not met since March?
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Let me ask you this. Why have you, or the writer, chosen this tense?
eg Why say The two friends have not been meeting since March
instead of The two friends have not met since March?
011) The two friends have not been meeting since March.
I thought the action of not meeting started sometime in the past and still continue. So I used the present perfect continuous tense.
Let's consider the sentence without 'not', ie The two friends have been meeting since March. This sounds like a new and temporary habit, with a series of repeated acti
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