Which tense is the better choice?
Today is Sunday and I don't feel well because I have been drinking three days in a row: Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The drinking has stopped, but I can still feel its effect, so present perfect continuous is the appropriate tense to use.
On the other hand, the drinking happened in the past, even if it is a very recent past. So I'm in doubt about which tense to use. I feel that If I use past simple it makes it sound like it has no effect now, it is a past event. Am I correct about this?
Top answer
1) Today is Sunday and I don't feel well becaus e I have been drinking three days in a row: Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 2) Today is Sunday and I don't feel well because I drank three days in a row: Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Both tenses seem OK, because you have not just relied on the tense to indicate your meaning, Instead, in both cases you have explicitly told us what you mean, by saying Today is Sunday and I don't feel well because.
- 1) Today is Sunday and I don't feel well becaus e I have been drinking three days in a row: Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
- 2) Today is Sunday and I don't feel well because I drank three days in a row: Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
- Both tenses seem OK, because you have not just relied on the tense to indicate your meaning, Instead, in both cases you have explicitly told us what you mean, by saying Today is Sunday and I don't feel well because.
- If I had to chose, I'd opt for #1.
- Clive
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