Using "While" With The Present Perfect Continues?
Hello teachers,
I'm interested in understanding this structure, especially that it's unfamiliar to me. Plus, "Lately, Recently" often comes with the present perfect tenses.
"Lately, while checking people's profiles, I've noticed that some profiles are incomplete."
1. If I want to convert this sentence into its original form, what will it be?
A) Lately, if I'm checking people's profiles, I've noticed that some profiles are incomplete.
B) Lately, if I've been checking people's profiles, I've noticed that some profiles are incomplete.
2. If the answer was B, does it mean that using the present perfect continues is correct grammatically, but it just sounds awkward in speaking?
Thanks in advance
Top answer
Moonrise Lately, while checking people's profiles, I've noticed that some profiles are incomplete. This is an intriguing sentence, partly because it doesn't sound quite right to my ear. It's like the present perfect can't be right because there's an accompanying clause that gives a time when the action ( noticing ) occurred, namely, while (I was) checking people's profiles .
- Moonrise Lately, while checking people's profiles, I've noticed that some profiles are incomplete.
- This is an intriguing sentence, partly because it doesn't sound quite right to my ear.
- It's like the present perfect can't be right because there's an accompanying clause that gives a time when the action ( noticing ) occurred, namely, while (I was) checking people's profiles .
- That's considered a forbidden combination, as in I've noticed the mistake last night, which should be I noticed the mistake last night .
- I think I'd write While checking people's profiles, I recently noticed that some (profiles) are incomplete.
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MoonriseLately, while checking people's profiles, I've noticed that some profiles are incomplete.
This is an intriguing sentence, partly because it doesn't sound quite right to my ear. It's like the present perfect can't be right because there's an accompanying clause that gives a time when the action (noticing) occurred, namely, while (I
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