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Present perfect or progressive
If someone asks me : what have you been doing this afternoon and I want to say that I have been reading the newspaper, emphasizing the activity, how I have been occupying myself, not the result, even though I have finished reading the entire paper, can I use the perfect progressive or do I have to use the present perfect?
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A: What have you been doing this afternoon? B: I've been reading the newspaper. This dialogue is fine.
- A: What have you been doing this afternoon?
- B: I've been reading the newspaper.
- This dialogue is fine.
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A: What have you been doing this afternoon?
B: I've been reading the newspaper.
This dialogue is fine.
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