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I understand your reasoning for the answer in #3; I think that the use of the past perfect indicates that I no longer hear about her, now that I've met her. However, if I'm still hearing about her, I think the present perfect would be correct.

"Have you ever had the feeling that you're being followed?"Hi againmy comment about the passive referred to "are being followed": you are following > present continuous, active you are being followed > present continuous, passiveDoes this help?

Ah ok, so is that entire sentence classed as Present Perfect Continuous, or are the clauses treated separately? I.e.If I understand you correctly, "Have you ever had" is present perfect, and "are being followed" is present continuous. I don't understand the...

HiYour sentence is in the present perfect. "Have you ever had ...""the feeling" is a gerund, and acts as if it were a noun (it's the direct complement of "have had"). Try and replace it with "idea", "impression" etc (I'm not saying they...

The present continuous seems better to me. Nevertheless, I would have said, "She has been losing her temper a lot lately" (present perfect continuous).CJ

Greetings,I have a pretty big favour to ask.I've been struggling with this topic for quite awhile now.It goes without saying that my English "leaves something to be desired".Having in mind the subtle differences that occur from using particular tenses, I have often wondered how the...

Hi YSchneiderYes, that's one of the sentences I might disagree with CalifJim about. If I were typing out an e-mail and wanted to tell the person that I was sending an attachment with it, I doubt that I would use the simple past tense. I'd probably use either the present perfect OR the...

This is also correct, the difference being for the earlier one (in present continuous tense),the action of staying away is continuing while for this one (in present perfect tense), such action is in a completed state.

Hi, Simple Present: I study English Present Continuous: I am studying English Present Perfect: I have studied English Present Perfect Continuous: I have been studying English Simple Past: I studied English Past Continuous I was studying EnglishPast Perfect: I had studied English Past Perfect...

Simple Present: I study English Present Continuous: I am studying English Present Perfect: I have studied English Present Perfect Continuous: I have been studying English Simple Past: I studied English Past Perfect: ? Past Prefect Continuous:? Future: I will study English Future Continuous:...