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The present perfect is often used to talk about situations that started in the past and are continuing now. We sometimes use the present perfect in a question with how long to ask about how long a ...

We use the present perfect continuous to talk about an activity that started in the past and is continuing now or has recently finished. Some verbs are almost never used in the present perfect ...