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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Peter lived with his uncle since the age of 2 or Peter has lived with his uncle since the age of 2 or Peter has been living with his uncle since the age of 2 and why?
  

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Anonymous Peter lived with his uncle since the age of 2 or Peter has lived with his uncle since the age of 2 or Peter has been living with his uncle since the age of 2 and why? If peter has sopped living with his uncle recently, you should say: Peter has lived with his uncle since the age of 2. Because we have to use past perfect with a situation or activity that started in the past and has just/recently been finished and the important think is the finishing, not the result of the activity.

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  • Anonymous Peter lived with his uncle since the age of 2 or Peter has lived with his uncle since the age of 2 or Peter has been living with his uncle since the age of 2 and why?
  • If peter has sopped living with his uncle recently, you should say: Peter has lived with his uncle since the age of 2.
  • Because we have to use past perfect with a situation or activity that started in the past and has just/recently been finished and the important think is the finishing, not the result of the activity.
  • But if the result of the activity is more important than finishing it, you should use the present perfect continuous.
  • It doesn't matter whether the activity ('living' in your example) has been finished or not, but the activity itself is important for us.
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AnonymousPeter lived with his uncle since the age of 2 or Peter has lived with his uncle since the age of 2 or Peter has been living with his uncle since the age of 2 and why?
If peter has sopped living with his uncle recently, you should say: Peter has lived with his uncle since the age of 2. Because we have to use past perfect with a situation or activity t
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1 Peter lived with his uncle since the age of 2.
2 Peter has lived with his uncle since the age of 2.
3 Peter has been living with his uncle since the age of 2.
With "since" the perfect forms always sound better, so I would not use 1.
Either 2 or 3 is possible. It doesn't matter very much which you choose.
2 sounds more like a
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