Alice Chu
Member
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2019
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Taiwan
- Current Location
- Taiwan
1) Tom has been playing tennis since he was twelve.
2) Tom has played tennis since he was twelve.
The first sentence above emphasizes the ongoing action, playing tennis, and the second emphasizes the starting point, twelve years old. Both the sentences mean a repeated action of playing tennis started at the age of twelve and continues in the present. It isn’t necessarily happening at the moment of speaking. Is my understanding correct?
2) Tom has played tennis since he was twelve.
The first sentence above emphasizes the ongoing action, playing tennis, and the second emphasizes the starting point, twelve years old. Both the sentences mean a repeated action of playing tennis started at the age of twelve and continues in the present. It isn’t necessarily happening at the moment of speaking. Is my understanding correct?