Good morning everybody, am I right in thinking that not a single person, even native English, can explain this "present perfect vs continuous opposition"? Everybody is so confused, the reason is than even linguists can't explain the difference, just assumptions, I am a linguistic myself, I have been studying this progressive aspect for years and not a clear answer!
I would say that most of the time is it "bad English", conversational. In French for example, you would say to translate: What have you been doing this morning - "Qu'est-ce tu as fait d'beau ce (c') matin" - c'est-à-dire du français familier et qui concerne le parler de tous les jours...
I would say that most of the time is it "bad English", conversational. In French for example, you would say to translate: What have you been doing this morning - "Qu'est-ce tu as fait d'beau ce (c') matin" - c'est-à-dire du français familier et qui concerne le parler de tous les jours...