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Teo Posted 18 years ago
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present perfect vs. present perfect progressive
0 1. You have told him about the car accident. 02 br
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00 2. You have been telling him about the car accident. 02 br
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00 What's the difference in meaning between the above two sentences? 0-
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00 2. You have been telling him about the car accident. 02 br
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0 Well, if you have told him, then you have completed that action and presumably he now knows about it. 02 br
00 But if you have been telling him, then that might imply that you have not finished telling him; you are still in the middle of telling him, and there is still more of the story to be told. 0-
00 But if you have been telling him, then that might imply that you have not finished telling him; you are still in the middle of telling him, and there is still more of the story to be told. 0-
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0 Sentence 1 refers to a finished action and may have happened further in the past than sentence 2. 02 br
00 Sentence 2 may or may not be completed, and suggests that the 'telling' has continued right up to now. 0-
00 Sentence 2 may or may not be completed, and suggests that the 'telling' has continued right up to now. 0-
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