For two years I've been developing vs For two years I'm developing

The correct phrase is "for two years I've been developing." This construction is used to indicate an action that started in the past and is still ongoing. On the other hand, "for two years I'm developing" is not a correct construction in English.

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For two years I've been developing

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate an action that started in the past and is still ongoing.

This phrase is used to express an action that began two years ago and is continuing up to the present moment.

Examples:

For two years I've been developing my skills in programming.
She said that for two years she's been working on a new project.
I can't believe that for two years I've been living in this city.
For two years I've been learning how to play the guitar.
He mentioned that for two years he's been studying Japanese.

For two years I'm developing

This phrase is not a correct construction in English. It does not convey the intended meaning of an action that started in the past and is still ongoing.

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And I've spent two years developing this company.
In proposing an increase in the budget, after these two years of developing the programme, the Community intends to meet the high expectations shown by ordinary people.
Turns out, since I won't be getting at the old man's cut for two years I'm in a little bit of a financial bind.
Those frames are separated by about a second through the eyes of 35 typically developing two-year-olds, and we freeze one frame, and this is what the typical children are doing.
For two years I've been fighting this.
For two years I'd been seeing people through the glass.
For two years I couldn't get near her.
For two years I scrounged off my friend's plates.
That I'm to go to Mexico for two years.
For two years I've been listening to people like you say they can't believe no one's been prosecuted for these Wall Street crimes, and after two years, I'm still fuzzy on what crime was committed and who should be prosecuted for it.
For two years I ran desperately through Europe to find relief to my anxiety.
For two years I took a course of swimming and scuba diving in college.
I'm more than happy to put my life on hold for two years while you enter into a fake marriage with a celebrity.
Imagine, two years I'm asking you guys to give me this last book.
I'm making less than the 26-year-old assistant football coach who bangs the same brand of perky 19-year-olds my husband left me for two years ago.
I'm doing 7,100 meals a day and I've been doing it for two years, trying to change how we feed kids in America.
So then I got trapeze work and high bar... but I'm getting a little heavy for two years back I got into this lift act.
Okay, I've been doing this job for two years now, I know exactly what I'm doing, and I'm not hungover.
You know, for two years I had her number stored in my phone as "Shretty,"
For two years I tried to learn to play the guitar: I made a lot of progress in the beginning, until I reached the point where I could advance no further.

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For two years I've been developing vs For two years I'm developing