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Hi teachers,Is that so?Questions with 'how long' should be with the present perfect continuous instead of the present perfect, if I want to refer to an action that started in the past and still going on right now.Example:How long have you been studying? I've been studying for two hours.Thanks in advance.

Vsuresh · Accepted Answer

I think it is not always.

How long has been ill? How long have you had this car?

I have framed these questions.

I would like to know what others have to say .

Cool Breeze · Answer

vsureshHow long has he been ill? How long have you had this car?

Being ill and having a car are not actions. The OP may be right but it's impossible to say for certain that the continuous tense is alwaysapplicable in such cases even though it probably almost always is. There is usually an exception to everything.

CB

Tenacious Learner · Answer

Hi Cool Breeze,

Thank you very much for the reply.

Would you tell me if it's an acceptable definition?

The present perfect continuous with the question word how long most often introduces questions about the duration of a situation from past to present.

TS

Tenacious Learner · Answer

Hi vsuresh,

Thank for the reply. I really appreciate it. The present perfect and the present perfect continuous have driven me crazy. But because of the replies of some of the teachers here, I'm almost done with them.

TS

Cool Breeze · Answer

Thinking SpainWould you tell me if it's an acceptable definition?

I wash my hands of all definitions!

CB

Tenacious Learner · Answer

Hi Cool Breeze,

Clever girl without a doubt.

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