Timeline for Have been vs had been
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| Dec 9, 2022 at 1:35 | comment | added | gotube♦ | @cruthers Right. The effect of having stood on your feet is the present effect. | |
| Dec 9, 2022 at 0:43 | vote | accept | ForOU | ||
| Dec 8, 2022 at 22:11 | comment | added | cruthers | Your example from the book is borderline; I don't think it works particularly well, though I probably wouldn't notice unless I was paying attention. You can get away with present perfect in cases where the action is very recently complete, e.g.: "I've been on my feet all day, and I've just finally gotten a chance to sit down." | |
| Dec 8, 2022 at 15:29 | comment | added | gotube♦ | @Robbyzhu A couple things. First, it's grammatically correct because the context of the verb doesn't (yet) include a finished past time. But it's semantically odd because we learn later that that time is finished. So it's either sloppy writing or the focus is on the present effect of the past situation, like though Dan isn't worried anymore, he's still feeling the stress from all that worry. | |
| Dec 8, 2022 at 13:57 | comment | added | ForOU | If he went to the police station yesterday, he should have stopped worrying yesterday. Why does the author start with the present perfect. | |
| Dec 8, 2022 at 13:55 | comment | added | ForOU | Here is an example from new concept English : Dan Robinson has been worried all week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Dan wondered why he was wanted by ghe police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried anymore | |
| Dec 8, 2022 at 13:42 | history | answered | gotube♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |