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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

have been/ had been

which one is correct?

i had been waiting for this movie to come out for so long
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i have been waiting for this movie to come out for so long
  

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Hi, which one is correct? i had been waiting for this movie to come out for so long OR i have been waiting for this movie to come out for so long Neither, since you lack capital letters and punctuation. Both tenses are correct, but with different meanings.

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Hi,
which one is correct?

i had been waiting for this movie to come out for so long
OR
i have been waiting for this movie to come out for so long

Neither, since you lack capital letters and punctuation.

Both tenses are correct, but with different meanings.