I'm travelling/I've been travelling

[Offroad]

Dear teachers,

Is there any difference between these sentences?

I'm travelling a lot these days.
I've been travelling a lot these days.

Thank you

 

[Rover_KE]

Offroad, you've been a member long enough to know that a better title would have been 'I'm travelling/I've been travelling'.

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

The difference is that #1 (if you'd numbered them) means that you are still travelling, and #2 means you no longer travel so it should end with 'recently' instead of 'these days'.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Dear teachers,

Is there any difference between these sentences?

I'm travelling a lot these days.
I've been travelling a lot these days.

Thank you

I hate to disagree with Rover, because when I do, I am usually wrong.

However, with "these days", I think your second has the same meaning as the first.

 

[Offroad]

Offroad, you've been a member long enough to know that a better title would have been 'I'm travelling/I've been travelling'.
'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'
The difference is that #1 (if you'd numbered them) means that you are still travelling, and #2 means you no longer travel so it should end with 'recently' instead of 'these days'.

Dear Rover, if you know how or/and have the power to edit the thread title, please do so! Thank you!;-)

I hate to disagree with Rover, because when I do, I am usually wrong.
However, with "these days", I think your second has the same meaning as the first.

Dear Mike, to my ears, even with 'recently', there is very little or no difference between those two sentences. Personally, I would use/say the second over the first though.

The first one I took from Swan (2005) 3rd Edition - Practical English Usage (page 448). In it, Mr Swan states, and I quote:

When we talk about temporary continuing actions and events, which are just going on now or around now, we usually use a present progressive tense.

Thank you

 

[MikeNewYork]

Dear Mike, to my ears, even with 'recently', there is very little or no difference between those two sentences. Personally, I would use/say the second over the first though.

The first one I took from Swan (2005) 3rd Edition - Practical English Usage (page 448). In it, Mr Swan states, and I quote:


Thank you

I agree with you even with "recently". With either form, it gives me the impression that you are still traveling often.

 

[bhaisahab]

I don't find the second one natural with "these days", like Rover, I would suggest "recently". The travelling has stopped. If you want to suggest that the travelling is continuing, use the first one.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I don't find the second one natural with "these days", like Rover, I would suggest "recently". The travelling has stopped. If you want to suggest that the travelling is continuing, use the first one.

I don't agree. The speaker is describing a pattern. There is nothing in #2 that suggests that the pattern has stopped.

Consider these sentences. I am eating more fiber these days/recently. I have been eating more fiber these days/recently. Neither guarantees the pattern will continue forever, but neither suggests that pattern has stopped.

 

[bhaisahab]

I don't think "these days" works with "I have been..."

 

[MikeNewYork]

I don't think "these days" works with "I have been..."

We will have to agree to disagree.

 

[bhaisahab]

We will have to agree to disagree.

OK.

 

[Offroad]

Dear teachers,

One last final question:

Could we assume this is just a AmE/BrE difference?

Thank you very much for your time and effort.