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Alkendi Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Present perfect vs present perfect progressive
dear friends:
please, I want to know when I should use present perfect instead of present perfect progressive and vice versa.
thanks in advance.
please, I want to know when I should use present perfect instead of present perfect progressive and vice versa.
thanks in advance.
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If you want to deliver your message with a sense of immediate presence the action which started in the past, present perfect progressinve is the choice. e. I have been waiting here for you for 2 hours!
- If you want to deliver your message with a sense of immediate presence the action which started in the past, present perfect progressinve is the choice.
- e.
- I have been waiting here for you for 2 hours!
- Where have you been?
- Here, I am emphasizing the "waiting" which was true before he finally arrived.
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If you want to deliver your message with a sense of immediate presence the action which started in the past, present perfect progressinve is the choice. i.e. I have been waiting here for you for 2 hours! Where have you been? Here, I am emphasizing the "waiting" which was true before he finally arrived. That said, Even if you use present perfect, the bulk of the meaning is still del
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1. Do not use the present perfect progressive with any "non-progressive" verb. These are verbs that virtually never take the progressive forms, for example, know, understand, own, contain. I have been knowing ... They have been owning ...
2. With other verbs, use the progressive form to indicate that the action continues as a habit, regularly, or
2. With other verbs, use the progressive form to indicate that the action continues as a habit, regularly, or
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