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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Present perfect simple and progressive

Hello, I would like to ask you about the following two sentences.

Jim has been phoning her every day during the past week.

Jim has phoned her every day during the past week.

Are both of them possible and correct?
  

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Anonymous Jim has been phoning her every day during the past week. This is fine and implies that the week isn't yet completely over. Jim may phone her yet again.

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  • Anonymous Jim has been phoning her every day during the past week.
  • This is fine and implies that the week isn't yet completely over.
  • Jim may phone her yet again.
  • Anonymous Jim has phoned her every day during the past week.
  • I wouldn't use the present perfect in this sentence.
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AnonymousJim has been phoning her every day during the past week.
This is fine and implies that the week isn't yet completely over. Jim may phone her yet again.
AnonymousJim has phoned her every day during the past week.
I wouldn't use the present perfect in this sentence. (People do in German!
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AnonymousJim has been phoning her every day during the past week.

Jim has phoned her every day during the past week.

Are both of them possible and correct?
Yes. To my ear the first sounds more like he phoned her many times each day, and the second sounds more like he phoned her once each day.

CJ
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