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Jumanah Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Present perfect...

How many years have you lived alone?
How many years have you been living alone?
They is no difference between them?
Am I right?
  

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) Both sentences are correct and have a similar meaning: you are asking someone to give you the duration in years of the period of his solitary life. There is a nuance here. The first sentence is the regular question in this context and the one most often heard - and the more polite sentence.

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(The following is US usage.)

Both sentences are correct and have a similar meaning: you are asking someone to give you the duration in years of the period of his solitary life.

There is a nuance here. The first sentence is the regular question in this context and the one most often heard - and the more polite sentence. The second one implies that the period of solitary living