you've brought or youve been bringing?

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hi everyone, which is more appropriate?1) since the day i met you, you've been bringing out the best in me.2) since the day i met you, you've brought out the best in me.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Both are fine; #1 is more immediate.

Matress · Answer

Anonymous
Hi everyone, which is more appropriate?

1) Since the day I met you, you've been bringing out the best in me.( Present Perfect Continuous/Progressive - used for actions or events that started in the past but are still happening now, or for past actions which only recently finished and their effects are seen now)

2) Since the day I met you, you've brought out the best in me.( Present Perfect - used to show that an event happened or an action was completed at some time before the present)

Don't forget, when start a sentence use capital letter and the pronoun "I" is always written in capital letter. By the way - I've fixed it in that quote.

Mister Micawber · Answer

Present Perfect Continuous/Progressive - used for actions or events that started in the past but are still happening now, or for past actions which only recently finished and their effects are seen now

No, this is a definition for Present Perfect.

Present Perfect - used to show that an event happened or an action was completed at some time before the present

No, this is a definition for Simple Past.

Present Perfect Continuous (according to one source): The Perfect Progressive verb tenses are used specifically to express the amount of time that has elapsed between two points in time. The Present Perfect Progressive tense is used to express the time elapsed between the beginning of a progressive or continuous action and the present. A continuous action over a period of time.The action started in the past and is still continuing. Duration is emphasized.

Please google these phrases for further definitions and examples.

Matress · Answer

Mister Micawber
Present Perfect Continuous/Progressive - used for actions or events that started in the past but are still happening now, or for past actions which only recently finished and their effects are seen now
No, this is a definition for Present Perfect.
Present Perfect - used to show that an event happened or an action was completed at some time before the present
No, this is a definition for Simple Past.

Present Perfect Continuous (according to one source): The Perfect Progressive verb tenses are used specifically to express the amount of time that has elapsed between two points in time. The Present Perfect Progressive tense is used to express the time elapsed between the beginning of a progressive or continuous action and the present. A continuous action over a period of time.The action started in the past and is still continuing. Duration is emphasized.

Please google these phrases for further definitions and examples.

Sorry, I'm not a grammarian, but you are wrong.

The definitions I’ve posted aren’t mine, they are from Cambridge Learner's Dictionary - p. 746/7

1) Since the day I met you, you've been bringing out the best in me.( Present Perfect Continuous/Progressive - used for actions or events that started in the past but are still happening now, or for past actions which only recently finished and their effects are seen now)

2) Since the day I met you, you've brought out the best in me.( Present Perfect - used to show that an event happened or an action was completed at some time before the present)

When I'm not sure about the subject I use to research, and Present Perfect X Present Perfect Continuous aren't easy subjects.

Visit the site bellow - it has an excellent explanation about that.

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfectcontinuous.html

the past (GRAMMAR) noun
the form of a verb used to describe actions, events or states that happened or existed before the present time:

Past Simple - used for completed actions and events in the past( also from Cambridge Dictionary)

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