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    Default confused grammar

    1.Is it correct to say:

    He has been traveling to Europe for five times.

    He has traveled to Europe five time.

    As I know both of them correct but my teacher has said that when you have mentioned number of doing or staying you should use present perfect only.


    2.If I say:

    My friend is meeting me tomorrow.

    My friend is going to meet me tomorrow.

    Which one is more accurate?

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    Default Re: confused grammar

    Quote Originally Posted by diplomacy View Post
    He has been traveling to Europe for five times.
    He has traveled to Europe five times.
    Your teacher is correct about these examples

    My friend is meeting me tomorrow.
    My friend is going to meet me tomorrow.
    Both sentences are possible.
    Please ask questions about different subjcts in different threads in future.
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    Default Re: confused grammar

    I will do that in future.

    Thanks a lot for answering my question>

    What if I say:

    I have been watching the movie for three minutes.

    Is it correct?

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    Default Re: confused grammar

    Quote Originally Posted by diplomacy View Post
    I will do that in future.

    Thanks a lot for answering my question>

    What if I say:

    I have been watching the movie for three minutes.

    Is it correct?
    That's fine if you started watching the film three minutes ago and have watched it continuously up to the point where you say the sentence.
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