elenah
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Hello,
if it's not too much trouble, could you help me with a little confusion I have in using present perfect continuous and past continuous< please?:lol: - maybe a silly question...
:roll:
I'm quite clear about using the present perfect continuous for actions which are in progress at the time of speaking.
I'm little bit confused about resent actions which have just stopped:
For example, in this sentence:
The ground is wet. It has been raining -
- we are talking about resent past. The rain possibly has just stopped or stopped recently
Why would it be wrong to say:
the ground is wet. it was raining. ?
:?:
Is it because when we use past continuous we are referring to a specific time in the past and when we use the present perfect continuous we are talking about unspecified past :shock::roll::?:
or
I was having my lunch when my boss phoned
but I can't say
I have been having my lunch when my boss phoned
is it because the present perfect continuous is used for unspecified period?:roll::?:
thank you in advance :-D;-):up:
Elena
if it's not too much trouble, could you help me with a little confusion I have in using present perfect continuous and past continuous< please?:lol: - maybe a silly question...
I'm quite clear about using the present perfect continuous for actions which are in progress at the time of speaking.
I'm little bit confused about resent actions which have just stopped:
For example, in this sentence:
The ground is wet. It has been raining -
- we are talking about resent past. The rain possibly has just stopped or stopped recently
Why would it be wrong to say:
the ground is wet. it was raining. ?
Is it because when we use past continuous we are referring to a specific time in the past and when we use the present perfect continuous we are talking about unspecified past :shock::roll::?:
or
I was having my lunch when my boss phoned
but I can't say
I have been having my lunch when my boss phoned
is it because the present perfect continuous is used for unspecified period?:roll::?:
thank you in advance :-D;-):up:
Elena