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July 2008 In this Issue
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Grammar Spot : Using the Present Perfect 
Using the Present Perfect is not always that easy for English language learners. However, once you remember a few simple rules it gets a lot easier to use it in your conversation. Firstly, you form the Present Perfect using the subject + the auxiliary have/has + the past participle of the verb. For example: She + has + lived in France for ten years. We use it mainly for talking about actions started in the past and continuing in the present.
Singin' Right and Speakin' Wrong 
What is 'correct' English? If you listen to pop songs in English you may wonder why the words of the song seem to be grammatically incorrect. Can you really speak like that? Are there grammar rules that you perhaps don't know about? As a result of a lot of questions, especially about English song lyrics, we have posted an article on the English4Today blog which looks at the lyrics of a song by Akon and discusses the type of English used in it.
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Every month we publish one question from an English4Today member in the newsletter. However, we answer a lot more in the Online Grammar FAQ and a lot of them have podcast sound files with the answers. This month's question follows the newsletter Grammar Point and was sent in by Sahra PISANO in Brazil : What's the difference between these sentences: "I'm married for 3 years" and "I've been married for 3 years"?
When you see 'for' with a period or duration of time - as in 'for three years' or 'for a long time' or 'for two days' then you know that the verb will be in the Present Perfect. We use the Present Perfect when we are talking about something started in the past and continuing in the present. The structure of the the Present Perfect is:
Your first sentence is, therefore, not correct and the second one is correct. Get the full answer to this question and many others sent in to the English4Today Ask an Expert service. This answer has a sound file podcast attached so that you can also listen to the answer as well.
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