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    Default while I've been talking/while I was talking

    Do the two adverbial clauses mean the same thing in the sentences below?

    You’ve been thinking of something else while I’ve been
    talking/while I was talking     to you about this machine.
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    Default Re: while I've been talking/while I was talking

    They mean the same to me.

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    Default Re: while I've been talking/while I was talking

    Quote Originally Posted by joham View Post
    You’ve been thinking of something else while I’ve been
    talking     to you about this machine.
    Given the present perfect progressive form in the first clause, I'd stick to the same in the second. We are talking about exactly the same time period in both clauses.
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