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'have you been staying' vs 'will stay'



 
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'have you been staying' vs 'will stay' #1 (permalink) Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:09 pm   'have you been staying' vs 'will stay'
 

Hi All,

If somebody ask me 'How long have you been staying here?'
then he wants to know the numbers of the days between my arrival and today.

the answer could be on that question: for seven days or since one week

If somebody ask me 'How long will you stay here?'
then he wants to know the numbers of the days between today and my departure.

the answer could be on that question: for two days or till the day after tomorrow

Is the above correct? If not please correct me.
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'have you been staying' vs 'will stay' #2 (permalink) Mon Aug 09, 2010 22:33 pm   'have you been staying' vs 'will stay'
 

Attila wrote:
If somebody ask me 'How long have you been staying here?'
then he wants to know the numbers of the days between my arrival and today.

the answer could be on that question: for seven days or since one week

Not 'since one week' but 'for one week' or 'since last Friday'.

Attila wrote:
If somebody ask me 'How long will you stay here?'
then he wants to know the numbers of the days between today and my departure.

the answer could be on that question: for two days or till the day after tomorrow

Is the above correct? If not please correct me.


Yes, that's correct. Please note, that you can also ask 'How long will you be staying here?'

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