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Have you ever had the feeling that you're being followed?"
Hi again
AnonymousAh ok, so is that entire sentence classed as Present Perfect Continuous, or are the clauses treated separately?
Look at the main clause only:
"Have you ever had (+ direct object)" is present perfect, and so the whole sentence is in the present perfect, too.
It could have been one of the following:
Have you ever had a dog?
Have you ever had a dog that barks all day?
Have you ever had a dog that is always barking? Have you ever had a dog that has had puppies? Have you ever had a dog that used to follow you everywhere when he was a puppy?and it would always be in the present perfect, irrespective of what follows "have ...had"
(I've tried to put various verb tenses after "that" ... I hope my examples are correct, but I cannot guarantee it!)
Anonymous My understanding is that for it to be 'perfect' the word 'have' (or a form of have) needs to be in there
Yes, it's present perfect if you have
have or has + past participle if it's active (
have/has gone, have/has told, have/has written etc)
have or has + been + past participle if it's passive (
have/has been told, have/has been written etc)
Anonymous don't understand the 'passive' thing so I suppose I'm a bit unclear still
my comment about the passive referred to "are being followed":
you are following > present continuous, active
you are being followed > present continuous, passive
Does this help?