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

The first one allows the possibility that “she” has recently stopped using the bag, but has used it for the 3 years previously, wheras the second one implies she still uses the bag.

But I agree with other commenter, in common usage – most people will use these phrases interchangably.