pedromenba  +  192521 Sat, 04 Feb 06 02:13 PM I have some problems with this parragraph: ( the verb has to be in Present Progressive or Present Perfect Progressive) Clouse........(continue).............his journeys since making the record book, and has not only visited every country in the world, but some two or three times. Now he is focusing on the remaining three islands. Thanks in advance for your answers. Pedro pedromenba Joined on Sat, Nov 6 2004 New Member 05 Verbs, Present Perfect, Present Progressive, Perfect Progressive

	Jay_zzz0  +  192525 Sat, 04 Feb 06 02:32 PM Is this one of those "fill in the blanks" question?  I think the answer can be "has been continuing". Clouse has been continuing his journeys since making the record book, and has not only visited every country in the world, but some two or three times. Now he is focusing on the remaining three islands. Jay_zzz0 Joined on Sun, Nov 27 2005 UK Full Member 114 Present Perfect

	Ruslana  +  192602 Sat, 04 Feb 06 06:25 PM Hello, Jay, are you sure the verb "continue" can be used in the progressive form? I hesitate... Ruslana Joined on Sat, Dec 17 2005 Senior Member 3,671 Verbs, Present Perfect

	pedromenba  +  192835 Sun, 05 Feb 06 04:21 PM Good point, because  my teacher told me that the answer is "present perfect"....but I was sure that was present perfect progressive....He couldn't explain to me , why is Present perfect, and not present perfect progressive...somebody can give me a reason? Thanks in advance Peter pedromenba Present Perfect, Perfect Progressive

	pieanne  +  192842 Sun, 05 Feb 06 04:50 PM I don't see anything wrong in using "continue" in the progressive form... You can choose to stop whenever you want, so for the moment he's still "continuing" his journeys. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong? pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos... Present Perfect

	Ruslana  +  192857 Sun, 05 Feb 06 05:19 PM I was not sure that "continue" could be used in the progressive form. But I have looked at BBC news website and they use the form "continuing" freely. I think I can trust BBC language, can't I? But, after all, I suppose that the versions may both be used in that context. There is no absolutely wrong (right) answer. For examle, it is correct to use both the Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous in the sentence: He has been living in that city for five years. = He has lived in that city for five years. Perhaps, the same is in your sample, Pedromenba. Edited on 05-02-2006, 7:46 PM Ruslana Present Perfect, Sample

	Jay_zzz0  +  194194 Wed, 08 Feb 06 04:27 PM  Ruslana wrote: Hello, Jay, are you sure the verb "continue" can be used in the progressive form? I hesitate... I was tricked!!    I focused at the two options given for the answer and that was "Present Progressive" and "Present Perfect Progressive".  It didn't make me think much about the use of "continuing" until when I saw your post. After looking up some references, it seems that "continuing" is normally used before a noun e.g. "continuing education".  So I think what you said is right.  Jay_zzz0 Nouns, Verbs, Present Perfect, Present Progressive, Perfect Progressive

	Ruslana  +  194258 Wed, 08 Feb 06 06:45 PM "Continuing" in the phrase "continuing education" is not the progressive form. It is the gerund. Ruslana Present Perfect, Gerunds

	pieanne  +  194263 Wed, 08 Feb 06 06:53 PM I see it more like a present participle used as an adjective    It would be a gerund in a sentence like "Continuing education throughout our life is ... uh... a hard thing to do"? pieanne Present Perfect, Gerunds