[Grammar] I have waited VS I have been waiting

[naweewra]

Hello,

Can I use both the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Continuous in this context?

a. I have waited for you all my life. Now that I have found you, I will never let you go.
b. I have been waiting for you all life. Now that I have found you, I will never let you go.

Is one better than the other?

Thank you.

Nawee

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello,

Can I use both the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Continuous in this context?

a. I have waited for you all my life. Now that I have found you, I will never let you go.
b. I have been waiting for you all life. Now that I have found you, I will never let you go.

Is one better than the other?

Thank you.

Nawee

I prefer the second as it makes it clear that the waiting was a continuous happening right up until the meeting. However, you need to add "my" before "life".

 

[charliedeut]

I prefer the second as it makes it clear that the waiting was a continuous happening right up until the meeting. However, you need to add "my" before "life".

Could one also, in this case, use "all of​ my life"?

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes.