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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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What is the correct choice of words for the blanks in the following sentence?
"Since last September, Patricia __ working down at the convenience store down the road."
A) is
B) has been
'has been' sounds more appropriate it is the right answer, but why is 'is' grammatically incorrect?
"Since last September, Patricia __ working down at the convenience store down the road."
A) is
B) has been
'has been' sounds more appropriate it is the right answer, but why is 'is' grammatically incorrect?
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Anonymous 'has been' sounds more appropriate it is the right answer, but why is 'is' grammatically incorrect? Because of 'since last September', which indicates a span of time between the past and now. Since last September , Patricia has been working at the convenience store down the road.
- Anonymous 'has been' sounds more appropriate it is the right answer, but why is 'is' grammatically incorrect?
- Because of 'since last September', which indicates a span of time between the past and now.
- Since last September , Patricia has been working at the convenience store down the road.
- Now, Patricia is working at the convenience store down the road .
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Anonymous'has been' sounds more appropriate it is the right answer, but why is 'is' grammatically incorrect?Because of 'since last September', which indicates a span of time between the past and now.
Since last September, Patricia has been working at the convenience store down the road.
Now, Patricia is worki
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Thanks! Still a bit unclear but I think the rule is that whenever there is a span of time starting from the past, 'is' is not used.
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