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Ljswave Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Show me the same expression of the underlined~

Can it be same that " What have you been?" without "up to"?

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Ross: Hi!
Phoebe: Hey!
Ross: Hey, what have you guys been up to?
Phoebe: Ohh! We went to a self-defense class today!
  

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No, "been" is a helper verb, you need a verb to complete the sentence. "

  • No, "been" is a helper verb, you need a verb to complete the sentence.
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No, "been" is a helper verb, you need a verb to complete the sentence.

You could say "what have you been doing?"
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But we always use , 'where have you been" "how have you been " they don't correct? if correct so why " what have you been" is in correct?
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Where have you been?: present perfect, "been" is the verb of location.

How have you been?: elided from How have you been doing? This is a common idiom.

What have you been?: Not an idiom, only appropriate in questions about costumes and such. In general conversation, it is implying that someone isn't a person.

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