Timeline for What's the difference between "present perfect" and "present continuous" constructions when used for expressing repeated actions?
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| Dec 4, 2017 at 6:46 | comment | added | ing | _Further... I'm sorry that I haven't describe the problem clearly before. In fact, I'd like to know what the difference between "She is always working hard" and "She has always worked hard", as well as the first two sentences, when both sentences express repeated actions. | |
| Dec 4, 2017 at 6:41 | comment | added | ing | Hi, Robbie. Thanks for your comments. I am learning English grammar with a grammar book. For the fourth sentence , the complete text is "She's attended classes regularly. She's always worked hard". The text is translated to my native language. From my native language, it seems that the woman is admired for her regular attendance. Because I just learned the present progressive tense a few days ago, I was wondering whether the present progressive and present perfect tense have the same meaning when they express repeated actions. More | |
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| Dec 1, 2017 at 20:23 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Further… if always is removed, both sentences see a very slight change in meaning but your Question was about the difference between them; that remains unchanged. | |
| Dec 1, 2017 at 20:21 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Further… This sounds trivial or pedantic, but did the man and woman mean in the first example the man; in the second, the woman or in any and every example, a man or woman or what, please? It might not be important in other Questions but when you’re asking about tense constructions expressing repeated actions it does matter that people are doing something during a long time doesn’t work in English. That begs the question, was it a poor translation or is the content not transferable from your main language to English or is the concept equally difficult in your language? More… | |
| Dec 1, 2017 at 20:19 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Jeremy, although you listed it as second, where did you find any suggestion that the two persons are admired by the speaker for their behaviour, please? There is no faintest hint of admiration in what you posted and it might be irrelevant and it also might matter very much where that came from and what you thought it meant… Further, the details in your Question indicate a much greater, underlying confusion. First, exactly how could being confused about them a few days matter, please? More… | |
| Nov 30, 2017 at 15:17 | comment | added | tchrist | Do not use signature, taglines, or greetings. "Thank you" is considered noise here and will be deleted. | |
| Nov 30, 2017 at 11:51 | answer | added | David Haim | timeline score: 0 | |
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