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 #2 (permalink) Wed May 02, 2012 22:35 pm Present Perfect Continuous |
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Just a couple of comments:
'English' is always written with a capital letter.
The better tense would usually be 'He has not done anything since breakfast.'
"We haven't been eating a lot" indicates a longer period of time than 'We haven't eaten a lot'.
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| #3 (permalink) Thu May 03, 2012 8:15 am Present Perfect Continuous |
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English was just a typo, sorry.
Sometimes I don't understand the difference between Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous. My bad.
I have been studying in college for three years. ( I guess the right preposition is 'in' not 'at) ( at university, in college)
Has she been smoking?
They have been talking for an hour. |
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| #4 (permalink) Thu May 03, 2012 8:22 am Present Perfect Continuous |
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What is wrong with the word 'mistake' these days? It's a perfectly good word and has more sense than the ridiculous phrase 'my bad'.
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| #5 (permalink) Thu May 03, 2012 8:30 am Present Perfect Continuous |
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'Bad' was the first word that came into my mind. I feel some anger in the air. Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed?
By the way, have a nice day. |
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| #6 (permalink) Thu May 03, 2012 18:02 pm Present Perfect Continuous |
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NO, to me the phrase 'my bad' is nonsensical. I was brought up when people said 'My mistake', which is correct.
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| #7 (permalink) Fri May 04, 2012 10:14 am Present Perfect Continuous |
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I see.
Here are some new trying:
He has been repairing my car since Thursday.
I have been using a computer for three hours.
They have been gardening.
Have you been smoking? |
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| #8 (permalink) Fri May 04, 2012 10:37 am Present Perfect Continuous |
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"...some new tries" (some new attempts)
He has been repairing my car since Tuesday.
I have been using a computer for three hours.
These are okay as long as you mean that he is still repairing it/ you are still using it or you have stopped very, very recently.
The other two are fine.
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| #9 (permalink) Sat May 12, 2012 9:11 am Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been using the English language on my mobile phone for two years. |
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| #10 (permalink) Sun May 13, 2012 9:31 am Present Perfect Continuous |
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I've been waiting here for two hours.
How long has he been waiting here?
They have been cutting vegetables.
Haven't you been learning English?
How long have she been crying?
I have been working here since 1996.
Since when has he been watching TV?
We have been playing football for hours.
I haven't been drinking coffee for two weeks. |
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| #11 (permalink) Sun May 13, 2012 9:49 am Present Perfect Continuous |
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How long has she been crying?
he / she /it/ <any singular noun> [/b]has[b]. You got it right in the sentences about watching TV and waiting here.
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