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Fri 26 Feb, 2016 01:55 am
His hands are dirty. He has been repairing his car.
He has cleaned the kitchen. Everything is sparkling clean.
One of the rules for present perfect continuous says that we use this tense when we refer to an activity that has just stopped and there’s a connection with NOW.
So why in the second sentence there's present perfect simple? The activity has just stopped and there IS a connection with now...
Thank you.
Groegaard wrote:One of the rules for present perfect continuous says that we use this tense when we refer to an activity that has just stopped and there’s a connection with NOW.
It depends what you have been reading in the rules.
I prefer this one, which reflects perfectly your case:
Quote:The present perfect simple expresses an action that is still going on or that stopped recently, but has an influence on the present. It puts emphasis on the result.
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