Magic79  +  700080 Wed, 22 Apr 09 06:40 PM Hello,   Shouldn't the following quote be in the present perfect?   "Alireza, who is in the automobile industry for 22 years and a member of the Saudi Automobile Dealers Committee, said there was no doubt that there was a general market slowdown..."   What I know is that the present perfect expresses the idea that something started in the past up to now. So I would say: Alireza, who has been in the automobile industry for 22 years ...   What do you think? Are both correct and mean the same thing??? Or the qoute from the newspaper slipped the language editor?   Thanks.     Magic79 Joined on Sun, Jul 2 2006 Full Member 225 Present Tenses, Present Perfect, Languages

	Avangi  +  700084 Wed, 22 Apr 09 06:56 PM Definitely "has been." You could say, "who is in the industry, blah blah." But with the "for 22 years," the perfect is a must. Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,171 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier

	Avangi  +  700086 Wed, 22 Apr 09 07:01 PM There may be some regional or coloquial uses which allow it, but if the paper has a general circulation, it makes no sense. Avangi

	Avangi  +  700088 Wed, 22 Apr 09 07:03 PM I know for example that Jewish comedians who are deliberately speaking in dialect often use that form. Avangi