Perfect tenses

Cling verb forms

Past Tense of Cling

has-been | American Dictionary a person who was famous, important, admired, or good at something in the past, but is no longer any of these: She’s a has-been TV star.

“Have been” is a verb used to form the present perfect tense, and when followed by a present participle (such as “running”, “walking”, “doing” etc.), the present perfect continuous tense. This means that an action is going on continuously and has not been completed at this moment.

Been is a Past Participle. The word “been” is the past participle of the verb “to be.” As such, it can be used with “have” (in all its guises) to form tenses in the perfect (or complete) aspect. For example: The dog has been naughty. (The action is over.

Definition of I have been there —used to say that one has experienced the same thing that someone else has experienced I know how you feel. I’ve been there myself.

You use “was” (past tense) for the events that occurred at a known time in the past and ended in the past. Hey, Paul I was busy working in the morning. You use “have been” (present perfect tense) for the events that occurred in an undefined time in the past and they or may not still last.

Usage of “Have Been & Has Been” When we are talking about the present: If the subject of a sentence is I – You – We – They or a plural noun (cars, birds, children) we use ‘have been’. If the subject of the sentence is He – She – It or a singular noun (car, bird, child) we use ‘has been’.

Yes, “will have” is the simple future. But “will be having” is fine to describe what you’ll be doing next Wednesday.

Yes, “to have to have” (as in, “They have to have it finished by noon tomorrow” or “Sheila says that in order to meet her professor’s requirements she has to have a specific edition of the book”) is a perfectly proper, grammatically correct verb phrase. There is nothing whatsoever wrong with it.

The everyday use of ‘affect’ is the verb, meaning ‘to influence’ (his mood affected me greatly), but it also means ‘to feign’ (he affected nonchalance). The everyday use of ‘effect’ is the noun, meaning ‘result’ (the effect of this has been to make him proud) or ‘influence’ (he has had such an effect on me).

What is another word for has been?

What is another word for have been?

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1 Answer. Yes, “has been having” is perfectly fine in English. In your example sentence, “has been having” does not work.