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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Spot the error in the following sentence

The Jains are living in this house for the last ten years.
  

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Anonymous The Jains are living in this house for the last ten years. We don't use the present continuous in this way. The Jains have been living in this house for the last ten years.

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  • Anonymous The Jains are living in this house for the last ten years.
  • We don't use the present continuous in this way.
  • The Jains have been living in this house for the last ten years.
  • (present perfect)
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Anonymous The Jains are living in this house for the last ten years.
We don't use the present continuous in this way.

The Jains have been living in this house for the last ten years. (present perfect)
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