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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Tenses

What is the difference between present perfect continuous tense and past perfect continuous tense?
For example " I have been working in this company for the past 5 years", I had been working in this company company for the last five years" Are these sentences correct, do they convey the same meaning? Can we use since and for in the past continuous tense?
  

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Hi, Let's first review the basic meaning of the two perfect tenses, via simpler examples based on the non-continuous form. Do you know the difference between these two sentences? Mary has cooked dinner.

— Clive

  • Hi, Let's first review the basic meaning of the two perfect tenses, via simpler examples based on the non-continuous form.
  • Do you know the difference between these two sentences?
  • Mary has cooked dinner.
  • Mary had cooked dinner.
  • Clive
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Hi,



Let's first review the basic meaning of the two perfect tenses, via simpler examples based on the non-continuous form.



Do you know the difference between these two sentences?

Mary has cooked dinner.

Mary had cooked dinner.



Clive
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Anonymousdo they convey the same meaning?
No.

X marks the present moment.

.....................[ ------ I have been working ------]X ...................

Y marks a moment in the past.

...[ ------ I had been working ---- ]Y.................. X ...................

You can use sin
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AnonymousCan we use since and for in the past continuous tense?
I have been working for this company since I was eighteen years old. Tomorrow will mark the beginning of my twentieth year with them.


I had been working for this company since I was eighteen years old. But they went
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