has vs has been

[hedBisker]

I not understand when to use who of them..

for example :
The dog has been sat there
The dog has sat there

 

[ChinaDan]

These are easier to answer if you ask complete sentences. I'll flesh them out to show the difference.

The dog has been sitting there all day.
The dog has sat there all day.

Their meaning is the same. Somewhere around the start of the day, the dog sat "there", and he is still there now.

The only difference is that the first sentence somewhat emphasises the duration of the activity, while the second just states the fact.

 

[emsr2d2]

BrE uses "He's been sat there all day" to mean the same as "He's been sitting there all day".

 

[Raymott]

On the other hand, to the question asked:
"The dog has been sat there" means that someone has sat the dog there. Someone else put the dog there.
"The dog has sat there" means that the dog sat there by himself. He did not need anyone to sit him there.
The first is passive (something has been done to the dog); the second is active (the dog has done something).

 

[Tdol]

BrE uses "He's been sat there all day" to mean the same as "He's been sitting there all day".

That's a usage that was non-standard when I was a child that has become standard.

 

[Raymott]

BrE uses "He's been sat there all day" to mean the same as "He's been sitting there all day".

I've never heard of that. Does that extend to other verbs as well?
Eg. "He's been stood there all day" = "He's been standing there all day"?
"His wife's been cooked in the kitchen all day" = "His wife's been cooking in the kitchen all day."? (OK, I'm being a little facetious in that one). But is "sit" the only verb it works for?

 

[Matthew Wai]

Then may I say 'I have been learnt English for decades' to mean 'I have been learning English for decades'?

 

[emsr2d2]

No. I tried very hard but I couldn't come up with any other verbs that work; just "stood" and "sat".

 

[Matthew Wai]

How about 'He has been lain all day'?
'Stood', 'sat' and 'lain' are all attitudes.

 

[emsr2d2]

Nope! That doesn't work either. I'm still thinking about it but I still haven't come up with any other verbs that work. I think they're just odd exceptions. As Tdol said, it's a non-standard usage that has become standard over the years.

 

[emsr2d2]

Absolutely right. Well done. Clearly my brain is having a Sunday off!

 

[Tdol]

No, but been sat is far more common. It's standard usage in some newspapers now- The Daily Mail, for instance.