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araveg
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PRESENT PERFECT
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Hi everybody! Could this sentences be in present perfect continuous too? "I have done everything I needed today! Hurray!!! Thanks in advance Arancha |
25 May 2017
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yanogator
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It doesn �t work very well in the continuous version, because the continuous tenses have to do with a process over time, and "that I needed" deals with the result, rather than the process. It isn �t impossible, though, especially if the work was interrupted before being finished. I have been doing everything I needed today (until now), so it �s time for a break. Bruce |
25 May 2017
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araveg
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Thanks a lot, I "I needed" was a clue for me but I had just a little doubt. Thanks again |
25 May 2017
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redcamarocruiser
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It would sound more fluent in my area to say, "I have done everything I needed to today! Hurray!!!" or "I have done everything I needed to do today! Hurray!!! OR "I have done everything I needed to get done today! Hurray!!!
It sounds incomplete to say "I have done everything I needed today! Hurray!!!" |
25 May 2017
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