Present Cont and Present Perfect Cont

[TheNewOne]

Is it correct to say "I am waiting for you for 2 hours"? My grammar book says it's not, but my English teacher says it's OK.
I think it's correct to say like this:
I am waiting for you.
I've been waiting for you for 2 hours.

 

[5jj]

Is it correct to say "I am waiting for you for 2 hours"? My grammar book says it's not, but my English teacher says it's OK.
I think it's correct to say [STRIKE]like[/STRIKE] this:
I am waiting for you.
I've been waiting for you for 2 hours.

There are circumstances in which it is possible to say, "I am waiting for you for 2 hours", but these are rare, and I will not confuse things by detailing them.

If your situation is that you began to wait two hours before you spoke, then you and your grammar book are correct. Your teacher is, unfortunately, wrong.

 

[Raymott]

Is it correct to say "I am waiting for you for 2 hours"? My grammar book says it's not, but my English teacher says it's OK.
I think it's correct to say like this:
I am waiting for you.
I've been waiting for you for 2 hours.

You are right. We'd normally say the phrase in blue.
The red phrase is not right.

PS: I agree with fivejedjon. There is a use for something like the red phrase for a future context:
"I'm waiting for him for two hours, then I'm going home" - but it's not really colloquial. We'd more likely say, "Well, I'll wait for him for another two hours ... "
And it's probably not what your teacher has in mind.

 

[TheNewOne]

fivejedjon
Raymott
Thank you very much!:-D
fivejedjon
Thank you for correcting my slight mistake;-)