Tenses.
Hello! Please tell me which of the two sentence is correct, also is the tense is right.
1. They have been shopping yesterday. - present perfect continuous tense?
2. They had been shopping yesterday. - past perfect continuous tense.?
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
What are you trying to say that is different from simply "They went shopping yesterday"? "yesterday" is not recent/current enough to suit "have been". Since "yesterday" is relative to now, you would not normally use it with "had been", which is relative to a time in the past.
- What are you trying to say that is different from simply "They went shopping yesterday"?
- "yesterday" is not recent/current enough to suit "have been".
- Since "yesterday" is relative to now, you would not normally use it with "had been", which is relative to a time in the past.
- To go back a further day in the past, say "They had been shopping the day before".
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What are you trying to say that is different from simply "They went shopping yesterday"?
"yesterday" is not recent/current enough to suit "have been"
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