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Present perfect versus present perfect simple

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Diamondrg  +  285810 Thu, 26 Oct 06 12:03 PM

Someone has been eating / has eaten my chocolates. There aren’t many left.

If it were "There are none left.", would the present perfect be correct? 
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Yoong Liat  +  285818 Thu, 26 Oct 06 12:24 PM
 Diamondrg wrote:

Someone has been eating / has eaten my chocolates. There aren’t many left.

If it were "There are none left.", would the present perfect be correct? 

Correct.
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