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Maya
Could you give me usage example of 'I had been (want)ing to' ? Or is this grammar used in real?
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5 Thg 08 2017 13:33
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It's used!
Examples:
I had been wanting to go abroad for a long time, and then, in 2005, I got the chance.
My son had been wanting desperately to buy a car, but could never find the money. Then, last year, he won the lottery.
Mike had been wanting to learn French for ages, but couldn't find a teacher. Then last month he discovered italki, and now learns online.
These could be phrased in the past perfect simple, 'had wanted' - but the use of the continuous helps give the impression of duration/repetition.
We can do the same thing with the PRESENT tense.
Present perfect: I have been wanting to tell you for a long time that I don't like you! Finally, I've said it! So there!
Present continuous (mother talking about baby): Oh, he's wanting his dinner! That's why he's crying!
5 tháng 8 năm 2017
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"Had been + verb+ -ing" makes up the past perfect continuous tense which is totally OK and in use. Regarding the -ing form of 'want,' it could occur in the present perfect progressive and the past perfect progressive, depending on context. Examples:
1) Oh, thank you for your gift! I've been wanting the new car for a long time.
2) Marry had been wanting a Barbie doll since her last birthday, but when she finally got one, she didn't like it.
5 tháng 8 năm 2017
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They **had been trying** to conceive [to have a baby], but their efforts proved fruitless.
This tense is called the past perfect continuous: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfectcontinuous.html
To want is not generally used in the continuous tenses, though; you just use the regular [i.e. non-continuous] tenses with it.
5 tháng 8 năm 2017
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