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Pedromenba Posted 20 years ago
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PRESENT PERFECT OR PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

0I have some problems with this parragraph: ( the verb has to be in Present Progressive or Present Perfect Progressive)02br
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00Clouse........(continue).............his journeys since making the record book, and has not only visited every country in the world, but some two or three times. Now he is focusing on the remaining three islands.02br
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00Thanks in advance for your answers.02br
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00Pedro0-
  

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0 Is this one of those "fill in the blanks" question? 02br 02br 00Clouse 01font 00has been continuing02font 00 his journeys since making the record book, and has not only visited every country in the world, but some two or three times. 0-

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  • 0 Is this one of those "fill in the blanks" question?
  • 02br 02br 00Clouse 01font 00has been continuing02font 00 his journeys since making the record book, and has not only visited every country in the world, but some two or three times.
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0 Is this one of those "fill in the blanks" question? I think the answer can be "has been continuing".02br
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00Clouse 01font00has been continuing02font00 his journeys since making the record book, and has not only visited every country in the world, but some two or three times. Now he is focusing on the remaining three islan
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0Hello,02br
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00Jay, are you sure the verb "continue" can be used in the progressive form? I hesitate...0-
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0Good point, because my teacher told me that the answer is "present perfect"....but I was sure that was present perfect progressive....He couldn't explain to me , why is Present perfect, and not present perfect progressive...somebody can give me a reason?02br
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00Thanks in advance02br
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00Peter0-
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0I don't see anything wrong in using "continue" in the progressive form... You can choose to stop whenever you want, so for the moment he's still "continuing" his journeys.02br
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00Someone please correct me if I'm wrong?0-
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0I was not sure that "continue" could be used in the progressive form. But I have looked at BBC news website and they use the form "continuing" freely. I think I can trust BBC language, can't I? 02br
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00But, after all, I suppose that the versions may both be used in that context. There is no absolutely wrong (right) answer. For examle, it is correct to use both the Presen
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01cite10Ruslana12cite10Hello,12br
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10Jay, are you sure the verb "continue" can be used in the progressive form? I hesitate...12br
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00I focused at the two options given for the answer and that was "Present Progressive" a
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0"Continuing" in the phrase "continuing education" is not the progressive form. It is the gerund. 050010id1
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0I see it more like a present participle used as an adjective 05000 It would be a gerund in a sentence like "Continuing education throughout our life is ... uh... a hard thing to do"?010id7
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0Well, I meant exactly such using. I should have thought of the context better...0-
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