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Which is correct? ”I’ve been living here for 5 years” OR ”I’ve lived here for 5 years”?

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Raha60 profile picture Raha60October 2017
I've lived here for 5 years is true
Acasualdream profile picture AcasualdreamApril 2015
They are both correct and interchangeable. Cheers
tasikardim profile picture tasikardimMarch 2013
Firstly, what would you like to say ?
mac2210 profile picture mac2210March 2023
@ AussieInBg - English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy published by Cambridge University Press and Advanced Grammar in Use by Martin Hewings published by Cambridge University Press. I believe it’s correct
ComtedeMonteCristo profile picture ComtedeMonteCristoJuly 2020

The two sentences are interchangeable and both are correct.

exRanger profile picture exRangerNovember 2019
Oh jeezuz people: both statements are "okay"; sure, y'all can "split hairs" re: nuances of intended meaning, etc., but @ the end of the day I, for example, a person who relocated to France five (5) years ago can state either of the sentences offered up by "Eirina" (Ирина, да?) in response to THIS SINGLE QUESTION: "How long have you lived in France?"

1. I've been living in France for five years."
and
2. "I've lived in France for five years."

BOTH are perfectly correct yo.
Angela50 profile picture Angela50June 2019

i have lived hire for 5 yars