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present perfect or present perfect continuous? Hi everybody, I have difficult to understand when I can use the present perfect and when the present perfect continuous. Es. I have been worked as pilot since 2000 ( I still work today as pilot) I have been working as pilot from 15 years (I still work today as pilot) Which of them is right? Thanks
Aug 31, 2015 7:50 PM
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present perfect or present perfect continuous?

Hi everybody,
I have difficult to understand when I can use the present perfect and when the present perfect continuous.
Es. I have been worked as pilot since 2000 ( I still work today as pilot)
I have been working as pilot from 15 years (I still work today as pilot)
Which of them is right?

 

Present perfect:    I have worked as a pilot since 2000. 

Present perfect continuous:  I have been working as a pilot for fifteen years.

 

They are quite interchangeable, so in most cases you could use either form. We would tend to use the present perfect just as a matter of fact and the continuous form if wanting to stress/emphasise the action - for example 'I have been working hard as a pilot for a good fifteen years'.  

August 31, 2015

present perfect or present perfect continuous?

Hi everybody,
I have difficultу to understand when I can use the present perfect and when the present perfect continuous.
Es. I have been worked as а pilot since 2000 ( I still work today as а pilot)
I have been working as pilot from for 15 years (I still work today as pilot)
Which of them is right?
Thanks

September 1, 2015
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