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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Sentence structure

Hi teachers, can anyone tell me the difference between these two?

I have been busy all day.

I had been busy all day.

  

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I have been busy all day. The speaker is referring to the period up to now eg I have been busy all day. Now I am going to stop.

— Clive

  • I have been busy all day.
  • The speaker is referring to the period up to now eg I have been busy all day.
  • Now I am going to stop.
  • I had been busy all day.
  • The speaker is referring to the period up to some earlier event or time.
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I have been busy all day. The speaker is referring to the period up to now

eg I have been busy all day. Now I am going to stop.

I had been busy all day. The speaker is referring to the period up to some earlier event or time.

eg I arrived home two hours ago. I had been busy all day so I went to bed for a three-hour nap

Clive

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