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www0935
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 Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 12:12 am Post subject: "been married" or "got married" |
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The following is my question:
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have __________ for over 25 years.
A. been married
B. got married
C. married
D. been marrying
The answer is (A), but I think the answer (B) is acceptable, too.
Would someone please help me with this question? Thanks a lot.[/b] |
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Lorikeet
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| B is not acceptable. If you have had one marriage, then you only got married once. You don't continue to have a wedding every year. The present perfect is often used to show something that started in the past and continued to the present. Therefore, I have been married for over 25 years shows that you got married over 25 years ago, and have continued to be married ever since. |
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Tone
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