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Difference between has and has been #1 (permalink) Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:17 am   Difference between has and has been
 

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I'M little confused when i use has &has been please provide with some example where i use has & has been
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Diffrence between has and has been #2 (permalink) Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:31 am   Diffrence between has and has been
 

" He has ( possession ) a nice car. He has a nice wife. He has a lovely home.

" He has been here earlier, but has ( left ) gone now ."
" She has been to the doctors this morning."
" It has been raining most of the day. "
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Diffrence between has and has been #3 (permalink) Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:58 am   Diffrence between has and has been
 

India has defeated Pakistan.
Pakistan has been defeated by India.


Both the above sentences mean the same. One uses has and the other has been

John has killed George.
George has been killed by John.


Same is the case with the above two sentences.
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Diffrence between has and has been #4 (permalink) Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:03 am   Diffrence between has and has been
 

Hi Vinay Garg,

Your question about 'has' and 'has been' needs to be looked at first from the point of view of tenses. In its simplest form 'has' is the Present Simple of 'have' and 'has been' is the Present Perfect Simple of 'be'. In its different functions the verb 'be' can be used to make continuous forms of tenses and also the passive form. 'Have' in one of its forms is used as an auxiliary to make the Present Perfect Simple.

Here are some of the uses in action:

Have

Charlie has a house in London. Present Simple.

Charlie has lived in that house for 10 years. Present Perfect Simple.

Be

Charlie is a a home owner. Present Simple.

Charlie has been living in the same house for ten years. Present Perfect Simple.

Charlie has been taken to hospital. Present Perfect Simple Passive.

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Difference between has and has been #5 (permalink) Sat May 16, 2009 21:53 pm   Difference between has and has been
 

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Charlie has a house in London. Present Simple.

Charlie has lived in that house for 10 years. Present Perfect Simple.

Be

Charlie is a a home owner. Present Simple.

Charlie has been living in the same house for ten years. Present Perfect Simple.


Hello Alan

I have learned different names for the tenses you mentioned. Could you please shed some light on these?

1) Charlie has a house in London.
[b]Present Indefinite tense.


2) Charlie has been living in the same house for ten years.
Present Perfect Continuous tense

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Difference between has and has been #6 (permalink) Fri May 22, 2009 14:21 pm   Difference between has and has been
 

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I too have not heard the term 'present indefinite', Tom, but I see from internet sources that it is a subset of what we call present simple. I don't think that it applies to sentence #1 because Charlie owns the house 'now' only. 'Present indefinite' seems to apply just to what we also call 'universals' or timeless events that always occur: Dogs bark at night. We see with our eyes. A cow gives us milk. The children go to school every morning.

Regarding #2, I think Alan was just in a bit of a rush. #2 is indeed present perfect progressive (or continuous).
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Difference between has and has been #7 (permalink) Fri May 22, 2009 21:41 pm   Difference between has and has been
 

is there any difference btw phrases:i have a cat & i have got a cat?and what for do we use "got" here?
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Difference between has and has been #8 (permalink) Fri May 22, 2009 23:00 pm   Difference between has and has been
 

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The second is more American when we speak of possession. The second can also mean 'obtain'.
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Difference between has and has been #9 (permalink) Sat May 23, 2009 11:07 am   Difference between has and has been
 

Can you tell me.... I had completed my work...( pasttense) is it correct to use?
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Difference between has and has been #10 (permalink) Sat May 23, 2009 11:19 am   Difference between has and has been
 

Balankl wrote:
Can you tell me.... I had completed my work...( pasttense) is it correct to use?


You could learn quite a lot if you started to do some of the exercises.

And then, if you don't understand something, you could ask pointed questions instead of a few random ones.
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