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Have cried/have been crying [duplicate]
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 23:30 UTC (7:30pm US/Eastern)How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?Using present perfect continuous without mentioning time periodPresent perfect continuous for finished actionsBetween Present Perfect and Simple Past, which tense indicates a finished action?Perfect vs Perfect ContinuousPresent Perfect Simple versus Present Perfect Continuous: a tricky caseWhen to use present perfect and when present perfect continuous?Difference in terms of location between “been to” and “been in” at the time of speaking(now) in sentences using present perfectPresent Perfect vs. Present Perfect ContinuousHow do durative sense verbs in simple perfective work with durative adverbialWhat is difference between present perfect and present perfect continuous?
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The book 'English Grammar in Use, Murphy' contains the following exercise under the Present perfect/Present perfect continuous chapter:
- Are you OK? You look as if ____ (you / cry).
I have not found any explanations why 'have been crying' is the correct answer.
Based on my understanding, the action has already been completed (the person has cried and now we're asking her by focusing on the result of the action). Other words, I can't imagine a situation when we're asking someone who's crying right now by focusing on the activity and not the result.
Would anyone explaining the Present Perfect Continuous choice here?
grammar present-perfect
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The book 'English Grammar in Use, Murphy' contains the following exercise under the Present perfect/Present perfect continuous chapter:
- Are you OK? You look as if ____ (you / cry).
I have not found any explanations why 'have been crying' is the correct answer.
Based on my understanding, the action has already been completed (the person has cried and now we're asking her by focusing on the result of the action). Other words, I can't imagine a situation when we're asking someone who's crying right now by focusing on the activity and not the result.
Would anyone explaining the Present Perfect Continuous choice here?
grammar present-perfect
asked Mar 24 at 11:26
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Have been crying is not present continuous; it’s perfect continuous, just like have cried is simple perfect. Have been crying does not mean is crying.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Mar 24 at 12:06
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How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?
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The book 'English Grammar in Use, Murphy' contains the following exercise under the Present perfect/Present perfect continuous chapter:
- Are you OK? You look as if ____ (you / cry).
I have not found any explanations why 'have been crying' is the correct answer.
Based on my understanding, the action has already been completed (the person has cried and now we're asking her by focusing on the result of the action). Other words, I can't imagine a situation when we're asking someone who's crying right now by focusing on the activity and not the result.
Would anyone explaining the Present Perfect Continuous choice here?
grammar present-perfect
asked Mar 24 at 11:26
FSou1FSou1
1032
This question already has an answer here:
How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?
7 answers
The book 'English Grammar in Use, Murphy' contains the following exercise under the Present perfect/Present perfect continuous chapter:
- Are you OK? You look as if ____ (you / cry).
I have not found any explanations why 'have been crying' is the correct answer.
Based on my understanding, the action has already been completed (the person has cried and now we're asking her by focusing on the result of the action). Other words, I can't imagine a situation when we're asking someone who's crying right now by focusing on the activity and not the result.
Would anyone explaining the Present Perfect Continuous choice here?
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How do the tenses and aspects in English correspond temporally to one another?
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grammar present-perfect
grammar present-perfect
asked Mar 24 at 11:26
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Have been crying is not present continuous; it’s perfect continuous, just like have cried is simple perfect. Have been crying does not mean is crying.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Mar 24 at 12:06
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Have been crying is not present continuous; it’s perfect continuous, just like have cried is simple perfect. Have been crying does not mean is crying.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Mar 24 at 12:06
Have been crying is not present continuous; it’s perfect continuous, just like have cried is simple perfect. Have been crying does not mean is crying.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Mar 24 at 12:06
Have been crying is not present continuous; it’s perfect continuous, just like have cried is simple perfect. Have been crying does not mean is crying.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Mar 24 at 12:06
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If the action referred to by the lexical verb in question (e.g. cry, swim, paint) refers to something that does not have a goal or end-point but is an atelic process or activity, then when that verb is coupled with the perfect we use the continuous:
You're all wet. You look as if you have been swimming.
We wouldn't say:
You're all wet. You look as if you have swum. No
at least not with the past participle swum all by itself like that. You would need to add something that creates a sense of completion:
I've never seen a person who looked as wet as you do. You look as if you have swum across the Atlantic Ocean.
P.S. That the action has ceased does not mean that it had a goal, a pre-determined end-point, to begin with. There is a difference, for example, between swim and swim across. That you have stopped swimming does not mean that you have reached a goal; you have merely ceased the activity.
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If the action referred to by the lexical verb in question (e.g. cry, swim, paint) refers to something that does not have a goal or end-point but is an atelic process or activity, then when that verb is coupled with the perfect we use the continuous:
You're all wet. You look as if you have been swimming.
We wouldn't say:
You're all wet. You look as if you have swum. No
at least not with the past participle swum all by itself like that. You would need to add something that creates a sense of completion:
I've never seen a person who looked as wet as you do. You look as if you have swum across the Atlantic Ocean.
P.S. That the action has ceased does not mean that it had a goal, a pre-determined end-point, to begin with. There is a difference, for example, between swim and swim across. That you have stopped swimming does not mean that you have reached a goal; you have merely ceased the activity.
answered Mar 24 at 12:35
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If the action referred to by the lexical verb in question (e.g. cry, swim, paint) refers to something that does not have a goal or end-point but is an atelic process or activity, then when that verb is coupled with the perfect we use the continuous:
You're all wet. You look as if you have been swimming.
We wouldn't say:
You're all wet. You look as if you have swum. No
at least not with the past participle swum all by itself like that. You would need to add something that creates a sense of completion:
I've never seen a person who looked as wet as you do. You look as if you have swum across the Atlantic Ocean.
P.S. That the action has ceased does not mean that it had a goal, a pre-determined end-point, to begin with. There is a difference, for example, between swim and swim across. That you have stopped swimming does not mean that you have reached a goal; you have merely ceased the activity.
answered Mar 24 at 12:35
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If the action referred to by the lexical verb in question (e.g. cry, swim, paint) refers to something that does not have a goal or end-point but is an atelic process or activity, then when that verb is coupled with the perfect we use the continuous:
You're all wet. You look as if you have been swimming.
We wouldn't say:
You're all wet. You look as if you have swum. No
at least not with the past participle swum all by itself like that. You would need to add something that creates a sense of completion:
I've never seen a person who looked as wet as you do. You look as if you have swum across the Atlantic Ocean.
P.S. That the action has ceased does not mean that it had a goal, a pre-determined end-point, to begin with. There is a difference, for example, between swim and swim across. That you have stopped swimming does not mean that you have reached a goal; you have merely ceased the activity.
answered Mar 24 at 12:35
TRomanoTRomano
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If the action referred to by the lexical verb in question (e.g. cry, swim, paint) refers to something that does not have a goal or end-point but is an atelic process or activity, then when that verb is coupled with the perfect we use the continuous:
You're all wet. You look as if you have been swimming.
We wouldn't say:
You're all wet. You look as if you have swum. No
at least not with the past participle swum all by itself like that. You would need to add something that creates a sense of completion:
I've never seen a person who looked as wet as you do. You look as if you have swum across the Atlantic Ocean.
P.S. That the action has ceased does not mean that it had a goal, a pre-determined end-point, to begin with. There is a difference, for example, between swim and swim across. That you have stopped swimming does not mean that you have reached a goal; you have merely ceased the activity.
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Have been crying is not present continuous; it’s perfect continuous, just like have cried is simple perfect. Have been crying does not mean is crying.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Mar 24 at 12:06