Aren't we using Present Perfect Continuous here, and not just Present Perfect?

NikitaA1Kwiziq community member

Aren't we using Present Perfect Continuous here, and not just Present Perfect?

We should have been using Present Perfect Continuous when describing actions continuing in present since some undefined time in the past, shouldn't we?
Asked 6 years ago
LauraKwiziq team memberCorrect answer
Bonjour Nikita, both teh present perfect and present perfect continuous can describe something that began in the past and continues into the present. Using the continuous emphasizes the ongoing nature, but the present parfect isn't wrong. Since there's no distinction between these two forms, I have lived and I have been living, in French, we've chosen the simpler translation to avoid confusion.

Aren't we using Present Perfect Continuous here, and not just Present Perfect?

We should have been using Present Perfect Continuous when describing actions continuing in present since some undefined time in the past, shouldn't we?

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