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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Present perfect or present perfect continuous?

The percentage of burn victims have increased/ have been increasing throughout the years.

Which one is correct? Thanks.
  

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Anonymous The percentage of burn victims have increased/ have been increasing throughout the years. Neither is correct. Percentage is singular.

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  • Anonymous The percentage of burn victims have increased/ have been increasing throughout the years.
  • Neither is correct.
  • Percentage is singular.
  • Change the "have" to "has," and both will be correct.
  • " Possibly, "the percentage of burn victims who survive"?
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AnonymousThe percentage of burn victims have increased/ have been increasing throughout the years.
Neither is correct. Percentage is singular.

Change the "have" to "has," and both will be correct.

I presume some prior context will explain what you mean by "the percentage of burn victims."

Possibly, "the percentage of burn victims w
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Sorry, that's a mistake.

I meant 'The percentage of burn victims has increased/ has been increasing thoughout the year'. Which is right?
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In my opinion, "has been increasing" goes better with "throughout." "Throughout" implies that the process is continuous.

I'll admit that some native speakers say "It increased throughout the year," but I wouldn't call it technically correct.

I suppose you could define "to increase" in such a way that it would be acceptable.
You can say "the tree has grown/has been growing t
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