what is perfect progressive tense
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When you talk about grammar, perfect means “complete,” and progressive means “unfinished.”
Perfect progressive sentences focus on the completion of an action that is, was or will be in progress.
Think about this sentence in the past perfect progressive:
“I had been waiting for three years by the time my application was approved.” In this example, the emphasis is on duration of the first verb waiting.
Perfect progressive tenses often answer the question how long? There are three perfect progressive tenses: the present perfect progressive, the past perfect progressive, and the future perfect progressive.
Perfect progressive sentences focus on the completion of an action that is, was or will be in progress.
Think about this sentence in the past perfect progressive:
“I had been waiting for three years by the time my application was approved.” In this example, the emphasis is on duration of the first verb waiting.
Perfect progressive tenses often answer the question how long? There are three perfect progressive tenses: the present perfect progressive, the past perfect progressive, and the future perfect progressive.
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It is a continuous action that has been finished at some point in past or that was initiated in past and continues to happen is perfect progressive tense
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