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present perfect/present perfect continuous?
Choose the best verb form for each sentence. Which sentences could have both forms?
I have...
1.gone/ been going out a lot recently.
2. felt / been feeling tired this week.
3.studied / been studying a lot recently.
4.done / been doing all their homework this week.
5.spent / been spending a lot of money recently.
6.been / been going abroad this year.
(The exercise is from Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate Student's Book p63.)
I think 1,3 is present perfect continuous; 4,6 is present perfect simple, and 2, 5 can be both tenses, am I correct?
I'm qutie confused as to when can we use both tenses and is there any differences when we do?
Thanks for you help!
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How to say dates before 1000 AD?
eg.
3200 BC (thirty-two hundred BC? three thousand and two hundred BC? )
0 AD ( zero AD?)
100 AD (one hundread AD?)
110 (one - ten? or one hundred and ten?)
125 ( one- twenty five? one two five? )
1000 (ten hundred? or one thousand?)
1600 (sixteen hundred ? one thousand and six hundred?)
1010 (ten ten? or one thousand and ten?)
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go + for + time period?
I've learned in school that 'go' is a momentary verb, which normally cannot be used with 'for + time period'.
but people tell me that it's okay to say "She went to Spain for two weeks." or "She has gone to Spain for two weeks."
Is the verb 'go' really a momentary verb? What kind of verb is it?
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enter for?
I've encountered two sentences below in a very old English textbook:
"Nearly everybody enters for ‘The Nicest Garden Competition’ each year, but Joe wins every time."
"Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town! "
However, the comtemporary dictionary says 'enter' does not need to be followed by 'for' to mean 'take part in', so are these sentences even correct nowadays?
But if the preposition 'for' is crossed out, would the sentences be misunderstood as ‘enter the next round of the competition'?
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look outside the window vs look out of the window
I stumble upon these 3 sentences:
I looked out the window.
I looked out of the window.
I looked outside the window.
Are they the same?
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'going to' in written English?
Is it okay or advisable to use 'going to' in written English(eg.TOEFL and IELTS writing task)? If not, what are some other substitute expressions?
Thanks!
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What's the difference?
If I had the money, I would buy a new car.
If I have the money, I’ll buy a new car.
Can you help explain the difference? Thank you!
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will you vs could you
Give me a hand with this bag, will you?
Could you give me a hand with this bag, please?
I figured that the second request is a lot more polite, whereas the first one is more like an order/command because it is actually an imperative. Am I right?
Do you have any idea of the difference between these two sentences? In what situation would each sentence be used?
Thanks!
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isolated vs secluded
The house was very isolated.
The house was very secluded.
What's the difference beween these two sentences? Can you give me some examples?
Thanks!
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'shock of impact'? what does it mean?
This is an excerpt from my English textbook:
"At high speeds, falling cats have time to relax. They stretch out their legs like flying squirrels. This increases their air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground."
After checking the dictionary, I found ‘shock’ and ‘impact’ have almost the same meaning. The phrase 'shock of impact' seems pretty odd and repetitive to me. So, is this phrase idiomatic? Why can't the author just write 'shock' or 'impact' instead?
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