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19216801 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Tenses

I have so amateur question :
How I can make difference between past tense and present tense
I don't know how to make difference just because of my native language I almost always confused these (present tenses and pas tenses ) !
for instance : I am writing a book
I have been writing a book
I don't know how to mark them as a different type

I know their differences completely but In some situations I mixed them up and confused
  

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Sometimes present perfect continuous and present continuous have essentially the same meaning. I have been writing a book. ) I am writing a book.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Sometimes present perfect continuous and present continuous have essentially the same meaning.
  • I have been writing a book.
  • ) I am writing a book.
  • )
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Sometimes present perfect continuous and present continuous have essentially the same meaning.

I have been writing a book. (This stresses that you started the book some time ago, and the book is not complete.)
I am writing a book. (This is just a present time activity.)
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Keep in mind that tense is really just the grammatical word for time. Since there are basically only three periods of time (past, present and future), we will find that the uses of the various tenses depend on the situation.
Simple past: Yesterday I finished the book I borrowed from you.
Present perfect: I have seen that movie three times
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AlpheccaStarsSometimes present perfect continuous and present continuous have essentially the same meaning.I have been writing a book. (This stresses that you started the book some time ago, and the book is not complete.)I am writing a book. (This is just a present time activity.)
thanks
what about this kind :
1-I've encountered to this sentence
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PhilipKeep in mind that tense is really just the grammatical word for time. Since there are basically only three periods of time (past, present and future), we will find that the uses of the various tenses depend on the situation.Simple past: Yesterday I finished the book I borrowed from you.Present perfect: I have seen that movie three times. (not used with a specific tim
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1-I've encountered to this sentence. (You read this sentence sometime in the past.)
2-Tom is sleeping right now. (Good. You can go wake him up.)
3-Tom has been sleeping. (He might be awake now. This sentence ne
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