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Grammar and Linguistics > Help on the duration form
Help on the duration form
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genzianella
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Help on the duration form
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Hi fellow teachers!
One grammar question for you. I was doing an exercise where you had to rephrase sentences and I stumbled upon this one:
She took up knitting 5 years ago (been)
Is the answer, by any chance "She has been knitting for 5 years "?
you know what, using the duration form in this sentence gives me the idea that she has been knitting for 5 years and she has done nothing else , that all she has been doing in 5 years is knitting , that she started knitting 5 years ago and she hasn �t stopped ever since :)
Am I wrong? Please help!
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13 Sep 2009
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medeainside
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Hi genzianella!! That would be the correct grammar transformation. However, it sounds awkward!! ;D  |
13 Sep 2009
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anitarobi
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I �d say you �re right. Gramatically it is correct, yet the sound is a bit continuous. Well you could always add �as a hobby � to the second sentence if it is important in the context. |
13 Sep 2009
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ballycastle1
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Hi genzeniala,
Because the present perfect continuous is used to specify when an action began as in I �ve been driving for thirty years which is obviously not continuous, as well as duration up to the present, your answer is correct. |
13 Sep 2009
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genzianella
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well, then, ballycastle1 has clarifyed all my doubts! thanks a million to you all!
p.s. thanks also for confirming me that it DID sound a bit dodgy! |
13 Sep 2009
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