Timeline for How do you analyse the verb phrase elements in the sentence 'I have been having difficulty sleeping'
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| Aug 11, 2020 at 14:54 | comment | added | Ram Pillai | It's like, I write…/ I am writing…/ I have written…/ I have been writing…; I be…/ I am being…/ I have been…/ I have been being…(like, I have been reading); I have.../ I am having.../ I have had.../ I have been having... | |
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| Jan 23, 2020 at 9:09 | comment | added | BillJ | You have to consider the structure of the sentence. Perfect "have" is a catenative verb, and "been having difficulty sleeping" is a subordinate clause functioning as catenative complement of "have". "Be" is also a catenative verb, so "having difficulty sleeping" is also a subordinate clause functioning as catenative complement of "been". We can thus represent the structure as "I have [been [having difficulty sleeping]]", where the brackets surround the two subordinate clauses, one within the other. | |
| Jan 22, 2020 at 11:54 | comment | added | BillJ | "Have" is the perfect auxiliary, and "been" is the progressive auxiliary. You could say that in the clause "been having difficulty sleeping", "been" is the matrix verb functioning as head of the clause. | |
| Jan 22, 2020 at 11:09 | comment | added | krobelusmeetsyndra | This is present perfect continuous. | |
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