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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Present Perfect Simple & Continuous

Please can someone explain the difference between these two sentences:

I've run in the park, so I'm tired.

I've been running in the park, so I'm tired.

What is the rule? I am so confused...
  

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There's no rule, but it seems to me that being tired would be the result of continuous running during a time period that extends up to present time, so the second (been running) seems like the more logical sentence to me. CJ

— CalifJim

  • There's no rule, but it seems to me that being tired would be the result of continuous running during a time period that extends up to present time, so the second (been running) seems like the more logical sentence to me.
  • CJ
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There's no rule, but it seems to me that being tired would be the result of continuous running during a time period that extends up to present time, so the second (been running) seems like the more logical sentence to me.

CJ
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