І was told you have bееn rеadіng ...
І was told you have bееn rеadіng thіs book for a month.
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І was told you had bееn rеadіng thіs book for a month.
What is the difference?
First sentence means: You started reading a book sometime ago and are still reading it.
Second sentence means: you started and finished the book sometime ago.
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"have been reading" means until now
"had been reading" means until some moment in the past
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have been reading (present perfect continuous): action started in the past and it's true in the present.
had been reading (past perfect continuous) : action started in the past and also finished in the past.
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this action beginning in the past didn't end in the present
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