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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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present perfect continuous

Hi teacher

Is it possible to write that

I have been trying to contact you for 4 weeks , but I was disappointed because I did not get any answer
But today got one at last
or should I write
I had been trying to contact you I don't think so because the action of being disappointed is more or less simultaneous of being disappointed
or may be I tried to contact you

thanks for your answer
  

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To keep the tenses aligned, I think I might do it like this: I have been trying to contact you for four weeks, and I have been disappointed not to get any answer. But today I got one at last. I changed "but" to "and" because otherwise the compounding of "but ...

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  • To keep the tenses aligned, I think I might do it like this: I have been trying to contact you for four weeks, and I have been disappointed not to get any answer.
  • But today I got one at last.
  • I changed "but" to "and" because otherwise the compounding of "but ...
  • " is a little awkward.
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To keep the tenses aligned, I think I might do it like this:

I have been trying to contact you for four weeks, and I have been disappointed not to get any answer. But today I got one at last.

I changed "but" to "and" because otherwise the compounding of "but ... but ..." is a little awkward.
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