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Jessica York

#110954 Mon, 20 Jun 05 06:02 PM

Question::::
I’ve got some questions and hope anyone could answer them:

Is it correct to say:
I have been diving and have been looking for smth
The problem is with the use of the second HAVE—is it appropriate?

Then, not so long ago I got to know a phrase
‘some kind of…’ eg ‘some kind of a miracle’
In what situations is it used?

Thanks beforehand to everyone for help,

Jessica

P.S.::Does anyone know the sites with free FCE materials?

Jessica York

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pieanne

#110957 Mon, 20 Jun 05 06:41 PM

Hello, Jessica,

1. No, you don't need the "have"; you don't need the "been" either: both are implied.
"I've been diving and looking for sth"
I'd like to know the context of that sentence, though...

2. "some kind of" could be paraphrased as "a kind/sort of", "something like".
It can be used when you're not too sure of how to describe something.

pieanne

Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005

South of France ...But I'm Belgian!

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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...