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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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tenses (present perfect, continuous, or perfect continuous) with 'lately' & 'recently'
Hi,
With the time expressions such as, all [day / night / morning / week / month/ semester / year etc.] or even more complicated (at least to me) such as 'lately' or 'recently', could you tell me which tense (present continuous, present perfect continuous or present perfect) is better to use? Could we use 'lately' or 'recently' with any of these three tenses, please?
- You've been doing a lot of exercise lately / recently.
- You're doing a lot of exercise lately / recently.
- You've done a lot of exercise lately / recently.
With the time expressions such as, all [day / night / morning / week / month/ semester / year etc.] or even more complicated (at least to me) such as 'lately' or 'recently', could you tell me which tense (present continuous, present perfect continuous or present perfect) is better to use? Could we use 'lately' or 'recently' with any of these three tenses, please?
- You've been doing a lot of exercise lately / recently.
- You're doing a lot of exercise lately / recently.
- You've done a lot of exercise lately / recently.
Top answer
Either time reference is fine in all three.
- Either time reference is fine in all three.
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