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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Verb "Live' in present perfect
A] I have lived In London. (I am not living there now. Expressing past experience. Meaning understood.)
B] I have lived in London for 5 years.
Here also I am expressing past experience but only period is added. But I read, its meaning is "I am still living"
If someone ask, "Tell me how many places have you lived for last 15 years?"
I say " I have lived in London for 5 years", "I have lived in Leeds for 5 years", "I have lived in Liverpool for 5 years"
I used present perfect tense here since I am expressing past experience & there is relation in present in the context. How does it mean "I am still living"?
B] I have lived in London for 5 years.
Here also I am expressing past experience but only period is added. But I read, its meaning is "I am still living"
If someone ask, "Tell me how many places have you lived for last 15 years?"
I say " I have lived in London for 5 years", "I have lived in Leeds for 5 years", "I have lived in Liverpool for 5 years"
I used present perfect tense here since I am expressing past experience & there is relation in present in the context. How does it mean "I am still living"?
Top answer
It doesn't. In any case, while your version is not impossible, we'd be far more likely to use the past simple for the first two.
- It doesn't.
- In any case, while your version is not impossible, we'd be far more likely to use the past simple for the first two.
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It doesn't.
In any case, while your version is not impossible, we'd be far more likely to use the past simple for the first two.
In any case, while your version is not impossible, we'd be far more likely to use the past simple for the first two.
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