Tuesday, October 12, 2010

"Been"

Grammatically wrong sentence: 
I frantically been email-ing every videographer and bride-to-be bloggers that I know, asking for their recommendation and quotation.


The correct one should be:
I frantically have been email-ing every videographer and bride-to-be bloggers that I know, asking for their recommendation and quotation.


so, what is wrong with the sentence above?
First we need to know why we need to use the Bean "Been". This case is called "Present Perfect Continuous Tense"


It is used to express:
1. an action that has just stopped or recently stopped
- I have just done my homework an hour ago.
- I have just stopped smoking since last Wednesday.


2. an action continuing up to now
- I have been doing my homework since 3 hours ago.
- I have not been smoking [and I am not smoking now] 


More examples:


I hope this is clear for all.

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