And here we go again on the simple / progressive...

[Buller]

a) I have run 5 miles every day for the past 3 years.

??OR??

b) I have been running 5 miles every day for the past 3 years.

Have I understood this correctly, that option A tells us that I don't do it anymore, while option B tells us that I'm still doing it?

Kind regards
Buller

[5jj]

a) I have run 5 miles every day for the past 3 years.

??OR??

b) I have been running 5 miles every day for the past 3 years.

Have I understood this correctly, that option A tells us that I don't do it anymore, while option B tells us that I'm still doing it?Buller

No. In both cases the running could still be continuing.

[TheParser]

a) I have run 5 miles every day for the past 3 years.

??OR??

b) I have been running 5 miles every day for the past 3 years.

Have I understood this correctly, that option A tells us that I don't do it anymore, while option B tells us that I'm still doing it?

Kind regards
Buller

REMINDER: NOT A TEACHER


(1) I once read that some people feel that the present perfect expresses

a more permanent nuance than the present perfect progressive. IF this idea is

true, then it might be helpful to write something like:

(a) I have lived in Los Angeles for 60 years.

(b) I have been living in Los Angeles for three years (while I finish my Ph.D. I shall then return to my homeland).

(2) If there is any truth to this idea, then maybe (maybe!):

(a) I have run 5 miles every day for the past 3 years. = a permanent feature of your daily exercise routine.

(b) The other one might contain the idea: I have been running 5 miles every day for

the past 3 miles (because I have hopes of joining the Olympics team of my country.

So I have to keep this up until I am accepted or rejected).

[5jj]

...maybe (maybe!):

(a) I have run 5 miles every day for the past 3 years. = a permanent feature of your daily exercise routine.

(b) The other one might contain the idea: I have been running 5 miles every day for

the past 3 miles years (because I have hopes of joining the Olympics team of my country.

So I have to keep this up until I am accepted or rejected).

Sounds good to me.

[Buller]

Sounds good to me.

Yes, very good example! Thank you very much!!

B.