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4444mv Posted 11 years ago
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recently

Can we use 'recently' with the simple past perfect or we should use it only with the past perfect progressive?
  

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4444mv Can we use 'recently' with the simple past perfect or we should use it only with the past perfect progressive? Use it with either one. There is no restriction in that way.

— CalifJim

  • 4444mv Can we use 'recently' with the simple past perfect or we should use it only with the past perfect progressive?
  • Use it with either one.
  • There is no restriction in that way.
  • I knew what they were talking about because I had recently seen the movie they mentioned.
  • CJ
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4444mv Can we use 'recently' with the simple past perfect or we should use it only with the past perfect progressive?
Use it with either one. There is no restriction in that way.

I knew what they were talking about because I had recently seen the movie they mentioned.

CJ
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Ok. And with a present perfect,what's the difference in meaning between: She has been studying hard recently and She has studied hard recently?
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4444mvShe has been studying hard recently
I would probably use this one to suggest many different sessions of studying during the recent past.
4444mvShe has studied hard recently?
I would probably use this one, if I used it at all, to suggest a single recent study session, or maybe a single group of study sessions that finis
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