D.C. Foster
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- Joined
- Jun 10, 2014
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- English
- Home Country
- Canada
- Current Location
- Egypt
I'm trying to figure out if there is a difference in meaning between the following sentences:
1) Lately, I have tried to follow my doctor’s advice about eating and exercising but I keep failing.
2) Lately, I have been trying to follow my doctor’s advice about eating and exercising but I keep failing.
I know that the both the present perfect and the present perfect continuous can be used to talk about things where there is a connection between the past and the present. This seems to be the case above.
In the above two cases, is there one that is inherently better than the the other?
Thanks.
1) Lately, I have tried to follow my doctor’s advice about eating and exercising but I keep failing.
2) Lately, I have been trying to follow my doctor’s advice about eating and exercising but I keep failing.
I know that the both the present perfect and the present perfect continuous can be used to talk about things where there is a connection between the past and the present. This seems to be the case above.
In the above two cases, is there one that is inherently better than the the other?
Thanks.