Present perfect simple /continuous
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Message de ryuga posté le 21-01-2023 à 15:17:46 (S | E | F)
Hello,
Could you help me please?
Thank you!
The verb "to study" and "to live" there isn't a difference between these two sentences:
I have been studying here for more than three years.
I have studied here for more than three years.
when we use the verb "to live" or to study, we can use them in both of present perfect simple and present perfect continuous, it 'isn't difference in the meaning.
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Modifié par lucile83 le 21-01-2023 18:40
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Message de ryuga posté le 21-01-2023 à 15:17:46 (S | E | F)
Hello,
Could you help me please?
Thank you!
The verb "to study" and "to live" there isn't a difference between these two sentences:
I have been studying here for more than three years.
I have studied here for more than three years.
when we use the verb "to live" or to study, we can use them in both of present perfect simple and present perfect continuous, it 'isn't difference in the meaning.
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Modifié par lucile83 le 21-01-2023 18:40
gris
Réponse : Present perfect simple /continuous de gerondif, postée le 21-01-2023 à 19:59:40 (S | E)
Hello
Some verbs will need to be changed, for example.
The lesson started thirty minutes ago, at eight o'clock..
You can't say : The lesson has been starting for thirty minutes.
You will say :
We have been working/studying/writing/listening for thirty minutes, since eight o'clock.
Yes, your verbs to live and to study can be used both in the present perfect continuous or in the present perfect.
Some verbs don't have an ing form and will be used only in the simple present-perfect form.
For example:
to have, meaning to own : I've had this car for ten years.
but to have meaning to eat, to consume :
I've been having lunch for half an hour.
As regards the difference in meaning :
I have been studying here for more than three years (and it is still going on) : You are insisting on the length and seriousness of your studying there.
I have studied here for more than three years. It is more a statement, a justification of your present qualities or of your competences.
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