Your opinion is very much needed

[Peaceful]

Please comment on these two sentences.
1.We’ve been looking for you for ages.(Is it correct)
My opinion.
We’ve looked for you for ages. (Please comment)

2. They were waiting by the fountain.
   My friend thinks.
   They have been waiting by the fountain. (Please Comment)

[Dozy]

1. Both are grammatical, but the former is much more usual.

2. Both are possible, depending on context. “They were waiting by the fountain” describes a past event. “They have been waiting by the fountain” describes an event that continues through the recent past up until the present or near present.

[E2e4]

@Dozy

1. Both are grammatical, but the former is much more usual.
   [color=green]Even though #2 is more usual I would use the present perfect continuous for I am not interested in the result. Actually I don’t even see what the result here could be.
2. Both are possible, depending on context. “They were waiting by the fountain” describes a past event. “They have been waiting by the fountain” describes an event that continues through the recent past up until the present or near present.
   [color=green][b]What have they been doing?
   They have been waiting by the fountain.

Seems to me they are still there.[/b]

Dozy, please comment the green. Thanks

[Peaceful]

Thanks

[Dozy]

@E2e4

1. Both are grammatical, but the former is much more usual.
   [color=green]Even though #2 is more usual I would use the present perfect continuous […]

I said that the former sentence — “We’ve been looking for you for ages” — was more usual. That sentence is present perfect continuous.

@E2e4

2. Both are possible, depending on context. “They were waiting by the fountain” describes a past event. “They have been waiting by the fountain” describes an event that continues through the recent past up until the present or near present.
   [color=green][b]What have they been doing?
   They have been waiting by the fountain.

Seems to me they are still there.[/b]

They may be still there. “continues up until the present or near present” was meant to include that case. However, if the focus is mostly on the fact that they are there now, you would say “They are waiting by the fountain”.

[Beeesneees]

Peaceful,

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