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Author: rachid50 | Published: 08-12-2010 | Times seen: 1640750 | Category: English Grammar: Beginners

 

Hello Mike Help

 

Hi Dear Mike

I was talked with a friend and he asks me , where I live , I told him , I live in Algeria , He said :
I have been there for 2 years.
The problem is why he don't said
I was there for 2 years .

what i know from "Have been" it means he still live in Algeria but now he doesn't live here.


Thank You

 

Author: Mike | Published: 27-12-2010 | Times seen: 1640634 | Category: English Grammar: Beginners

 

Re: [rachid50] Hello Mike Help

 

Hello!

Please read example 15 at http://www.polseguera.org/advanced_english_grammar/verb_tenses_uses.php#example15 and http://www.polseguera.org/advanced_english_grammar/verb_tenses_uses1.php Your question is answered there.

The present perfect is quite common with for, but all depends on the context. In this particular case, I prefer "I was there for two years".

Best regards,
Mike

 

 
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