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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Which one is correct?
I haven't been able to go to school this week because i was ill.
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I haven't been able to go to school because I have been ill.
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I haven't been able to go to school because I have been ill.
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Anonymous I haven't been able to go to school because I have been ill. This one. The inability to go to school and the illness are temporally coextensive and continue up to the present, so both need the present perfect.
- Anonymous I haven't been able to go to school because I have been ill.
- This one.
- The inability to go to school and the illness are temporally coextensive and continue up to the present, so both need the present perfect.
- CJ
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AnonymousI haven't been able to go to school because I have been ill.This one. The inability to go to school and the illness are temporally coextensive and continue up to the present, so both need the present perfect.
CJ
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