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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
present perfect simple vs continuous
His hands are dirty. He has been repairing his car.
He has cleaned the kitchen. Everything is sparkling clean.
One of the rules for present perfect continuous says that we use this tense when we refer to an activity that has just stopped and there’s a connection with NOW.
So why in the second sentence there's present perfect simple? The activity has just stopped and there IS a connection with now...
Thank you.
He has cleaned the kitchen. Everything is sparkling clean.
One of the rules for present perfect continuous says that we use this tense when we refer to an activity that has just stopped and there’s a connection with NOW.
So why in the second sentence there's present perfect simple? The activity has just stopped and there IS a connection with now...
Thank you.
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Anonymous One of the rules for present perfect continuous says that we use this tense when we refer to an activity that has just stopped and there’s a connection with NOW. That is also one of the functions of present perfect simple; more so, actually, since the present perfect continuous more often refers to an activity that it still occurring now.
- Anonymous One of the rules for present perfect continuous says that we use this tense when we refer to an activity that has just stopped and there’s a connection with NOW.
- That is also one of the functions of present perfect simple; more so, actually, since the present perfect continuous more often refers to an activity that it still occurring now.
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AnonymousOne of the rules for present perfect continuous says that we use this tense when we refer to an activity that has just stopped and there’s a connection with NOW.That is also one of the functions of present perfect simple; more so, actually, since the present perfect continuous more often refers to an activity that it still occurring now.
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