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Karol Silski 5217 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

To become - presents perfect vs present continuous

Can you say

The city is becoming more popular with tourists recently / in the recent years.


or as "recently", "in recent years" are signal words/phrases for present perfect the only right sentence is :


The city has become more popular with tourists recently.


If both are correct please help me understand the difference in meaning.

  

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", are both ungrammatical. And the phrase "in the recent years" is ungrammatical. "

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  • ", are both ungrammatical.
  • And the phrase "in the recent years" is ungrammatical.
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The two sentences, "The city is becoming more popular with tourists recently/in recent years.", are both ungrammatical. And the phrase "in the recent years" is ungrammatical. The following are okay:


"The city has become more popular with tourists recently/in recent years."

"The city is becoming more popular with tourists."

"The city is popular with tourists now."

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Karol Silski 5217The city is becoming more popular with tourists recently.

OK. It is now becoming more popular with tourists.

Karol Silski 5217The city has become more popular with tourists recently.

OK. It has already become more popular with tourists.

The process of becoming popular still has further

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