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Grammar and Linguistics > what tense?
what tense?
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tommy1996
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what tense?
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I wonder if we had to use what tense in these sentences 1.Peter (live).....................in Manchester for 10 years, then he
moved to London. 2.It doesn�t
stop raining.It�������the whole day.(rain) please help me.thanks
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22 May 2014
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yanogator
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1. lived 2. either "will rain" or "will have rained" is correct. However, there should be a comma after "raining" instead of a period. Bruce |
22 May 2014
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Racha Farhani
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1-Peter had been living in Manchester for 10 years,then he moved to London. I think that the past perfect can also be used in this case. 2-It doesn �t stop raining.It has been raining the whole day. the present perfect progressive is used to show the length of the action that started in the past and still continuing up to the moment of speaking. I hope this may help you . |
22 May 2014
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angliz teacher
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1. had lived or had been living 2. has been raining |
22 May 2014
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yanogator
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I �m sorry, I misread your second example. I thought it said "If it doesn �t stop raining..."
Now that I see it correctly, I agree with "has been raining". I �m staying with "lived" for the first one, though. No need to make the sentence more complicated than it needs to be.
Bruce |
22 May 2014
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Peter Hardy
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I �m with Bruce. KISS Keep it super simple. Also, the �problem � is with the word �then �. We should say "First he lived in M, then he moved to L." We all agree on the "It has been raining all day." Cheers, Peter |
22 May 2014
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douglas
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Here �s a wrench for the machine:
"It doesn �t stop raining. It rains the whole day."
(We �ve started with simple present, so we should stay with it--to use "it has been raining" the intro should be "it hasn �t stopped raining").
As for #1, I think all three choices would work. |
23 May 2014
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cunliffe
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It doesn �t stop raining. It rains the whole day.
It refers to Scotland. :-) |
23 May 2014
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darryn
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I think to fit those sentences you need 1. lived 2. rains.
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23 May 2014
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nasreddine Sarsar
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"It doesn �t stop raining " s a claim which presents a fact. With facts and general truths, we use the present simple. So the verb of the second sentence should be based on the verb of the first sentence. It rains the whole day. Now if the first sentence reads: "It hasn �t stopped raining". The second sentence should read as follows: "It has been raining the whole day". Any answer apart from that is not logical. The question is: where did you find this sentence? It might have been written by someone who has little knowledge about the English language. I totally agree with cunliffe for this is common sense! By the way, I am a professor of applied linguistics, and it have never come across such a sentence. When we devise grammar exercises about tenses, we should provide our students with a very clear context so that they can use the correct tense. As for the second example: " Peter (live) ______________ in Manchester for 10 years, and then he moved to London", it should be: "Peter lived" and neither had lived nor had been living for the following reasons. 1) The action of living was completed in the past. 2) The past perfect is used with two actions, with one that preceded the other. In the example above, the adverb "then" makes it clear that living in Manchester preceded moving to London, so the past simple can serve the purpose. 3) "live" is a verb of continuity, so either the simple or the progressive is fine, and there �s no difference between them. when we reached the airport, the plane had already left. In this example, the use of the past perfect is obligatory. But if we use "after" for instance, we can say: "After we reached the airport, the plane left". As you can see, it is clear which action took place first because of the adverb "after". |
23 May 2014
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tommy1996
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thanks for everyone �s opinions. i am still confused.so i need some more discussion!
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23 May 2014
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