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Ano Nym Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Present perfect vs Present Perfect Progressive

Another question:
I have worked there for five years.
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I have been working there for five years.

Both sentences are possible and reasonable, aren't they? The progressive form just underline the time duration, doesn't it?
Do these sentences suggest, that I am not working there anymore, or do they don't say anything about the future?
  

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They are both fine. You are still working there. ' Rover

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They are both fine. You are still working there.

If you no longer work there, you'd use the simple past: 'I worked there for five years.'

Rover
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Ok, but if I am telling somebody that I worked somewhere for 5 years, before I quit my job, do I really have to say:

'I worked there for 5 years.'

I thought that I have to say instead:

'I have worked there for 5 years.'

Because I am not talking about a specified time. It was like an unspecified time event and I just wanted to let somebody know that I have once w
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I stand by my earlier answer.

Rover
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Ano Nymif I am telling somebody that I worked somewhere for 5 years, before I quit my job, do I really have to say:'I worked there for 5 years.'
Yes.
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