Timeline for present perfect: has settled for ages
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| Sep 21, 2021 at 14:35 | answer | added | user8356 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 21, 2021 at 14:26 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @stangdon: I'm good with I've been content here for many years, and I don't really see why settled should be any different when it's effectively an "adjectival" use of the past participle. And there are plenty of written instances of (They) have been settled here for many (years) in Google Books. | |
| Sep 21, 2021 at 13:51 | comment | added | stangdon | Settled doesn't sound correct, because "to settle" is a kind of one-time action, not a process. But been settled also sounds a little strange, because since settle is a change of state, it sounds weird with "for ages". I would probably just say "John settled in New York ages ago." Is this a sentence you came up with yourself, or did you see it somewhere? | |
| Sep 21, 2021 at 13:51 | comment | added | Jeffrey Carney | You are correct. To my American ears, "settled" describes a state, an action, and a process. Take your pick. | |
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