[Grammar] Jack has been going to Switzerland for a holiday.

[Son Ho]

Could you please tell me which one is correct? I think the first one is correct and the second is wrong because go is a short verb like leave ( an action has already finished).

1. Jack has gone to Switzerland for a holiday.
2. Jack has been going to Switzerland for a holiday.

 

[tedmc]

You are right. The second sentences implies Jack making repeated trips, yet "trip" is written as singular.

What do you mean by "short verb"?

 

[Tarheel]

For sentence two, I think the British would say on holiday, and Americans would say for a vacation.

 

[Son Ho]

What do you mean by "short verb"?

It means an action occurred when the other one was in progress.

 

[Son Ho]

I wonder if I could use the second one. Maybe it is the situation when one action began in the past and is in progress now, isn't it?

 

[Tarheel]

I never heard of a short verb before.

 

[Tarheel]

I wonder if I can use the second one. Maybe it is a situation where one action began in the past and is in progress now. Is it?

It's a pattern. He goes to Switzerland regularly on holiday (or for a vacation).

 

[GoesStation]

I wonder if I could use the second one. Maybe it is the situation when one action began in the past and is in progress now, isn't it?

No.