Saturday, December 27, 2008
A native speaker may frown upon this sentence !
I am working in this office since 1983.
Reason : When we want to refer to an activity that commenced at some definite time in the past and is still continuing, we need to use the present perfect progressive, and NOT the present progressive tense construction.
Relief : I have been working in this office since 1983.
Reason : When we want to refer to an activity that commenced at some definite time in the past and is still continuing, we need to use the present perfect progressive, and NOT the present progressive tense construction.
Relief : I have been working in this office since 1983.
# posted by Anglophile @ 9:56 PM 
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