Writing Prompt ~ Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Have been in love or not

Hey hello, where have you been? It's been long time since I saw you last, I have been looking for you, I was worried much, you neither replied my messages, been sent to you on your cell and by messages. I feel that you have been trying to run away from me.
No, this is not the case, I have never been thinking to run away from you but I just wanted a break, to assess our relationship.

So, what has come out? Am I in or out? Have you been feeling better now, or is the confusion persisted?

I have been thinking since I left you last, and I came up to the decision that we can go on as friends, and nothing more. I do not think about you as my boyfriend or more.

You decided so and didn’t think about me what I feel. Has there been no value of my emotions in your eyes? You initiated all this and when I am deep in love with you, it has been cooking in your mind that I have been nothing in your life but a mere friend.

Listen to me; I have been trying to figure it out for hours and hours. It is true I initiated it, I have been concentrating on my studies, and you have always been there before my eyes, this was having an inverse impact on my studies. So I decided to stay away from you.

Okay, will it work if we have a break and stay quiet for a while.

Yes, it is, that’s what I have been trying to convey to you.

I had been hoping to have her back, but she never turned up.

If there is one grammar rule I hate to study, that is the present perfect continuous tense. It's pretty confusing and really needs an in-depth study.

I cannot assure you, my dear Mishaikh whether my correction is perfectly done or not because this tense is the hardest tense I have ever studied of all the English tenses. If it is a simple present tense or simple past tense, I would have no problem correcting it.

But let's hope that someone would be nice enough to correct us both, hihihi!

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***you neither never replied my messages ("neither" is oftentimes used with its partner "nor" but I guess your sentence is indirectly implying that there is another option so it is presumed. In this case, your sentence can be correct, too).

***It's been a long time since I saw you last,

***You initiated all this and when I am was deeply in love with you,

***it has been cooking up in your mind

***Okay, will it work if we have a break and stay quiet for a while? (This is an interrogative statement and should end with a question mark.)

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Comments

Mishaikh April 30, 2015 9:55

JS Thanks. Lady Noor is versatile.
Mishaikh April 28, 2015 5:19

Thanks Lady Noor for your poetic reaction. Its like old time.

Awakened lots of memories.

Thanks again.

Would it be possible for you to take a look at my other blogs?
saba April 27, 2015 18:34

Nice blog! Thanks for sharing. As Lady Anne said it is difficult to learn " present perfect continuous tense", I rarely see this tense in EC blogs.
Mishaikh April 27, 2015 17:23

Onee, I.F. Freedom,

thanks a lot for appreciation.

Expector, thanks for guidance.
Expector Smith April 27, 2015 13:49

@Mishaikh

Great job! Could you rewrite this sentence: "I have never been thinking to run away"?

@Anne

I really appreciate your corrections. Keep up your great work!
Onee-chan April 27, 2015 10:32

Oh, break means break forever... Some people argued about this, so please just say bye if you want bye.. It's really something...
Mishaikh April 27, 2015 6:29

@Setareh
I am totally agree with Anne's advice to you. Just gain confidence. By the way I have always found your English much better. So move on.
Mishaikh April 27, 2015 6:27

@Lady Anne
I am most grateful for your so comprehensive comments and corrections. Actually some errors seems to be there, because I did not use (for experiment) the narrative quotation signs.

Thanks again for your attention.
Lady Anne April 26, 2015 21:10

I had been hoping to have her back, but she never turned up.

Once again, you succeeded in spicing up your story with this nerve wracking ending statement. Lol, did I exaggerate it? Honestly, without this final statement, the story is somewhat predictable and lacking in substance. But because of your last sentence, you left the readers thinking and contemplating with mixed emotions.

I was touched by this ending statement. You made it appear less hateful by adding that sensible reason why the girl wished to have a break.

It does happen in reality. Cooling off is always as ominous as the dark clouds in the sky. It really breaks like a wrecking ball sometimes.

This was another great piece to read, Mishaikh! Thanks.
Lady Anne April 26, 2015 20:52

If there is one grammar rule I hate to study, that is the present perfect continuous tense. It's pretty confusing and really needs an in-depth study.

I cannot assure you, my dear Mishaikh whether my correction is perfectly done or not because this tense is the hardest tense I have ever studied of all the English tenses. If it is a simple present tense or simple past tense, I would have no problem correcting it.

But let's hope that someone would be nice enough to correct us both, hihihi!

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***you neither never replied my messages ("neither" is oftentimes used with its partner "nor" but I guess your sentence is indirectly implying that there is another option so it is presumed. In this case, your sentence can be correct, too).

***It's been a long time since I saw you last,

***You initiated all this and when I am was deeply in love with you,

***it has been cooking up in your mind

***Okay, will it work if we have a break and stay quiet for a while? (This is an interrogative statement and should end with a question mark.)

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