Eli5. What’s the difference between “She has used the bag for three years” and “She has been using the bag for three years”.

Question

I encountered this earlier in my class and I can’t quite tell the difference. Please help. Non-native English speaker here 🥲

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Answer 1

English has a lot more verb tenses than Past, Present, and Future. Technically they are different tenses – Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous. Practically most Americans use them equivalently.