Nightmare85
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- Jul 17, 2009
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- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Germany
- Current Location
- Germany
Hello friends,
Months ago I learned some differences between the Present Perfect Progressive and the Present Perfect Simple.
The first one is used when you talk about the duration and the second one when you talk about results.
(Of course this "definition" is not the ultimate one, though...)
I: We've been friends for five years. -> how long
II: We've watched 10 movies together. -> how many times
On a TV show (The Simpsons - what else? :-D) I heard the following sentence:
We've worked together for ten years.
I don't understand why he doesn't say:
We've been working together for ten years.
They still work together and he doesn't really talk about any results.
I would have understood it if the sentence had been:
We've worked together on 10 movies.
This would make sense to me.
Here is the original clip (22 seconds.):
YouTube - we've worked together
Cheers!
Months ago I learned some differences between the Present Perfect Progressive and the Present Perfect Simple.
The first one is used when you talk about the duration and the second one when you talk about results.
(Of course this "definition" is not the ultimate one, though...)
I: We've been friends for five years. -> how long
II: We've watched 10 movies together. -> how many times
On a TV show (The Simpsons - what else? :-D) I heard the following sentence:
We've worked together for ten years.
I don't understand why he doesn't say:
We've been working together for ten years.
They still work together and he doesn't really talk about any results.
I would have understood it if the sentence had been:
We've worked together on 10 movies.
This would make sense to me.
Here is the original clip (22 seconds.):
YouTube - we've worked together
Cheers!