Difficult tenses
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 12:43 pm
Hi,
I was wondering what the difference is between the following two sentences and why sentence 2 is grammatically correct:
1. Over the last year I have been running workshops on creative writing.
2. Over the last year I have run workshops on creative writing.
My Cambridge textbook states that sentence 2 is correct, but I am wondering why this one is correct. Sentence 1 seems more correct to me, because "running workshops" seems like an continious process over a time period. Just like the sentence: I have been teaching English for 10 years. Both of these sentences focus on a process over a certain period of time, in stead of just a result from a action with present relevance.
Could someone help me?
I was wondering what the difference is between the following two sentences and why sentence 2 is grammatically correct:
1. Over the last year I have been running workshops on creative writing.
2. Over the last year I have run workshops on creative writing.
My Cambridge textbook states that sentence 2 is correct, but I am wondering why this one is correct. Sentence 1 seems more correct to me, because "running workshops" seems like an continious process over a time period. Just like the sentence: I have been teaching English for 10 years. Both of these sentences focus on a process over a certain period of time, in stead of just a result from a action with present relevance.
Could someone help me?