Sentence correction

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Anonymous  #308528  Fri, 29 Dec 06 05:52 PM
Hi,

Can anyone help me correct the following two sentences? Why the changes?

1) I live here many time.

2) Today, movies are more interested they were in that time.

Thank you.

David


  
Ruslana  #308530  Fri, 29 Dec 06 06:02 PM

I'd say:

1) I have been living here for a long time OR I have lived here for a long time.

2) Today movies are more interesting than they were at that time.

  
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Anonymous  #308533  Fri, 29 Dec 06 06:22 PM
Thank you Ruslana.

1) Can we also say, "I have lived here many times?"
Taking your suggestion, by using the present perfect continuous, the person is still living here and has lived here for a continuous period of time.
However, if he lived in that place on and off- say when he's vacationing- can he say, "I have lived here many times"? Or is the use of the present perfect wrong here and it should be the simple past instead (lived)?

2) Is today correct here? Isn't "these days" or "nowadays" more suitable? Arent's these words followed by a comma when situated initially in a sentence?

Is this correction valid?:
These days, movies are more interesting than they used to be. [I think to add 'in the past' is quite redundant here]
or: Movies these days are more interesting than they used to be.

Feedback is much appreciated.

David
  
Ruslana  #308567  Fri, 29 Dec 06 08:29 PM

1) In that case, I think yes, you can say "I (have) lived there (for) many times".

2) In fact, I started writing the correction with "nowadays" but then changed it into "today" again. I think both are okay. What about commas, I'm not very good at punctuation marks, and, to get the correct answer, I suggest that you wait for a more proficient speaker.

3) These days movies are more interesting than they used to be. Movies these days are more interesting than they used to be. Yes, the correction is valid, but the last sentence seems more spoken to me.

  
Grammar Geek  #308583  Fri, 29 Dec 06 09:57 PM

I have lived there many times sounds weird because when "live" somewhere, you are there for a long time.

People don't often live in one place, go away, come back to live there again, go away, come back, etc.

If you are referring to a hotel that you STAYED at many times, this makes more sense.

  
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