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Hi Thinker,
Here is my suggestion:
Masha is tired because she has been running for 45 minutes. (present perfect progressive for an action that started in the past and lasts right up to the moment of speaking)
When Masha came home last night she was tired because she had been running for 45 minutes. (past perfect progressive for an action that started at some point in the past, continued for while and for a while and ended at some point in the past)
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:42 pm Present perfect progressive vs past perfect progressive |
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Feb 14, 2011 14:58 pm What is correct and why? |
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Hi Torsten,
I'm confused by the tenses in this sentence:
We have been living here since we were born and we have grown up here too.
My grammar book showed that we use the Present Perfect Continuous Tense when we wish to show that the action has not been interrupted.
However, I'm confused when it compares the use of the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
These are some more example:
a) I have been eating eggs for breakfast for months but I have not got
tired of them yet.
b) We have been taking a holiday for the last week and have just
started work again.
Please help me to explain, thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Jing |
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Feb 14, 2011 19:06 pm What is correct and why? |
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My try
| Jing M wrote: |
Hi Torsten,
I'm confused by the tenses in this sentence:
We have been living here since we were born and we have grown up here too.
My grammar book showed that we use the Present Perfect Continuous Tense when we wish to show that the action has not been interrupted.
So, we have grown up. At the moment of speaking, growing up is over for us.
We have been living here since we were born. The listener can't know are we going to continue with living here or stop. If the present perfect continuous is used there is a chance to continue. Also the event might stop happening.
However, I'm confused when it compares the use of the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
These are some more example:
a) I have been eating eggs for breakfast for months but I have not got
tired of them yet.
I will probably continue eating eggs. But it isn't must. It isn't for sure. I might stop as well.
Eating eggs, I haven't got tired. I have said a fact. Too much of eggs haven't made me any problems. Nor has made me tired of it.
b) We have been taking a holiday for the last week and have just
started work again. In my opinion, there is a problem with the sequence of tenses rule here. I would rather say, 'We /took/were taking/ a holiday during the last week and have just started to work again.
Please help me to explain, thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Jing |
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Feb 20, 2011 15:09 pm What is correct and why? |
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| Thanks for your help E2e4, your explanation makes me clear about it. |
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