please help me in this test with reason

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Since he started smoking I ……. him to stop it .
a)had always asked -
b)am always asking -
c)have always asked -
d)always asked -

some say (b) is correct and some say (c) is correct

what's your idea ? and why ?

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@sarahbb5,

You left out:
e) have been always asking

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@sarahbb5,

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a)had always asked -

The suggestion is, that finally you had quit asking

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b)am always asking -

You're still at it

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c)have always asked -

You never have missed an opportunity

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d)always asked -

The implication is that previously you had asked him other favors but when after he had started you dropped all other requests, concentrating on his smoking

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@sarahbb5,

I think it's f) have been asking

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@InfraBlue,

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e) have been always asking

Do you mean e) have always been asking, Infra?

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@JTT,

So JTT, the english teacher, can you confirm my belief that c) would be text book answer. What do you think?

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@dalehileman,

One and two are good, Dale, three and four are possibilities but they certainly are not the only ones.

I wonder who the coward is/cowards are that voted your post down.

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@JTT,

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I wonder who the coward is/cowards are that voted your post down.

I wasn't even aware of the means til you called it to my attention

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@Ice Demon,

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So JTT, the english teacher, can you confirm my belief that c) would be text book answer. What do you think?

Text book answers are pretty much useless to anyone studying a language, Ice. Language, which must reflect life, doesn't operate in that kind of a vacuum.

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