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Joseph A Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

To and present perfect continuous

Hello,

1.Is the preposition "to" correctly used in the following sentence?

- The population has increased to about 300 million.

2. Can we use present perfect continuous instead?as follow

- The population has been increasing to about 300 million.

Regards,
JA
  

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Is the preposition "to" correctly used in the following sentence? - The population has increased to about 300 million. Yes 2.

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  • Is the preposition "to" correctly used in the following sentence?
  • - The population has increased to about 300 million.
  • Yes 2.
  • as follow - The population has been increasing to about 300 million.
  • No.
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1.Is the preposition "to" correctly used in the following sentence?

- The population has increased to about 300 million. Yes

2. Can we use present perfect continuous instead?as follow

- The population has been increasing to about 300 million. No. This sounds very odd. It seems to suggest that someone set the goal for the population to increase to 300 million, and th

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