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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Seen or seeing

It's the 5th game that he's seeing a lot of playing time.
It's the 5th game that he's seen a lot of playing time.
  

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that he's seen" is correct. The sentence uses the present perfect (he's=he has) to describe things that have happen in an unspecified time up to now. "He is seeing a lot of playing time" might be acceptable if referring only to the game in progress now, but here it also covers games in the past.

  • that he's seen" is correct.
  • The sentence uses the present perfect (he's=he has) to describe things that have happen in an unspecified time up to now.
  • "He is seeing a lot of playing time" might be acceptable if referring only to the game in progress now, but here it also covers games in the past.
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"...that he's seen" is correct. The sentence uses the present perfect (he's=he has) to describe things that have happen in an unspecified time up to now. "He is seeing a lot of playing time" might be acceptable if referring only to the game in progress now, but here it also covers games in the past.

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