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

The correct phrase is "For two years I've been developing projects." The use of the present perfect continuous tense (I've been developing) is appropriate to indicate an action that started in the past and is still ongoing. The second phrase, "For two years I'm developing projects," is incorrect because it combines the past time frame (For two years) with the present continuous tense (I'm developing), which does not convey the intended meaning.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 464 views

For two years I've been developing projects.

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 in the past and has continued up to the present moment.

Examples:

For two years I've been working on this project.
She's been studying English for three years.
They've been living in that house for five years.
I've been learning to play the guitar for a year.
He's been working at the company for six months.

For two years I'm developing projects.

This phrase is incorrect in English as it combines a past time frame with a present continuous tense, which does not convey the intended meaning.

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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.
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.
The project was to run for two years and to involve exchanges of information and cross-border activities and projects.
The project was to run for two years and to involve exchanges of information and cross-border activities and projects.
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.
Someone who disappeared for two years.

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