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Are both of them natural? If only either one of them sounds natural, Please explain in which situations I should use the present perfect tense and the present continuous tense.
1. I haven’t surfed the Internet much in recent days.
2. I haven’t been surfing the Internet much in recent days.
Are both of them natural? If only either one of them sounds natural, Please explain in which situations I should use the present perfect tense and the present continuous tense.
1. I haven’t surfed the Internet much in recent days.
2. I haven’t been surfing the Internet much in recent days.
1. I haven’t surfed the Internet much in recent days.
2. I haven’t been surfing the Internet much in recent days.
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- English (US)
1. I haven’t surfed the Internet much recently.
2. I haven’t been surfing the Internet much recently.
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- Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
@alexander201 Thank you. Can you explain in which situations I should use the present perfect tense ("haven’t surfed") and the present continuous tense ("haven’t been surfing")?

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