[Grammar] Past Perfect Tense vs Past Perfect Continuous 2

[Checkmate]

So, I'm still confused with these 2 types of tenses. Which verb is not used in Continuous (Progressive) form? What's the different between these two?

 

[Matthew Wai]

You had better give example sentences, on which the teachers will comment.

Not a teacher.

 

[Checkmate]

You had better give example sentences, on which the teachers will comment.

Not a teacher.

This

"I had been watching this for a year"

"I had watched this for a year

 

[Matthew Wai]

The past perfect is not needed in your sentences because 'You need some other act in the past to use the past perfect'── quoted from https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/203130-worked-had-worked?p=1042786#post1042786

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[MikeNewYork]

You had better give example sentences, on which the teachers will comment.

Not a teacher.

Matthew, "you had better" is most often used as a command. "You should" would be better.