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Martinlee Posted 12 years ago
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Hi everybody,
Please check if the tenses are correctly used in the following sentences:
1. I have been taking English courses in the last decades.
2. . I have taken English courses in the last decades.
3. I was taking English courses in the last decades.

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"in the last decades" is rather unnatural here, making it hard to judge the other aspects. Do you mean that you have taken English courses sporadically over a period of decades, up until the present? Or have you been taking them continuously over all that time?

— GPY

  • "in the last decades" is rather unnatural here, making it hard to judge the other aspects.
  • Do you mean that you have taken English courses sporadically over a period of decades, up until the present?
  • Or have you been taking them continuously over all that time?
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"in the last decades" is rather unnatural here, making it hard to judge the other aspects. Do you mean that you have taken English courses sporadically over a period of decades, up until the present? Or have you been taking them continuously over all that time?
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Thanks I
I meant 'I have been taking English courses continuously in the last decades.'

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martinleeI meant 'I have been taking English courses continuously in the last decades.'
Then use this one:

1. I have been taking English courses in the last decades.
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It seems that opinions about this vary, but personally I find "in the last decades" not very well suited to this sentence. I would suggest "I've been taking English courses for decades" as a more natural alternative.
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GPYIt seems that opinions about this vary, but personally I find "in the last decades" not very well suited to this sentence.
No, I have the same opinion. I was just fixing the verb form.
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