Was/Had been....for.

[Ashraful Haque]

I'm sorry I'm a little OCD. One last question and I won't make this post any longer. I was going through the thread one final time and thought I should ask this just to be sure:
With 'I've/had been....for' is it correct to use several days/past few days/a long time/an hour?

 

[emsr2d2]

You're trying to connect the wrong parts of the sentence/idea. You base your choice of tense on when the event happened in relation to the time of speaking, not on the duration of the event.

 

[jutfrank]

I'm sorry I'm a little OCD. One last question and I won't make this post any longer. I was going through the thread one final time and thought I should ask this just to be sure:
With 'I've/had been....for' is it correct to use several days/past few days/a long time/an hour?

Yes, no, yes, yes.

 

[Tarheel]

I'm sorry I'm a little OCD. One last question and I won't make this thread any longer. I was going through the thread one final time and thought I should ask this just to be sure:
With 'I've/had been....for' is it correct to use several days/past few days/a long time/an hour?

I don't know.
;-)

 

[Ashraful Haque]

Yes, no, yes, yes.

'No' because 'for the past few days' cannot be used with 'I had been?'

 

[Tarheel]

'No' because 'for the past few days' cannot be used with 'I had been?'

I think you're right.

I have been doing this for the past few days. (Roger keeps telling me to stop.)

 

[jutfrank]

'No' because 'for the past few days' cannot be used with 'I had been?'

Read the entire thread again, carefully.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

I think you're right.

I have been doing this for the past few days. (Roger keeps telling me to stop.)

Tell Roger that I'm sorry :-(

 

[Tarheel]

Tell Roger that I'm sorry :-(

Roger is my talking cat.
;-)

 

[Ashraful Haque]

Roger is my talking cat.
;-)

Then say mewo to him for me.

 

[GoesStation]

Then say meow to him for me.

See above.

 

[Tarheel]

Roger doesn't say meow. He says stuff like "I'm hungry. Could I have a cheeseburger?" (No bread.) Or "How about a pizza?" (Just meat. No crust.)

Roger would think the microwave was a wonderful invention, but as far as he knows they (microwave ovens) have always been here.

Roger likes it when I eat a cheeseburger and give him the wrapper (cheese paper). Roger thinks cheese is wonderful stuff.
;-)