1. It has been raining since this this morning.
2. It has rained since this morning.
(What is the difference between them?)
3. Tom has known the boy for two years.
4. Tom has been knowing the boy for two years.
(Are both acceptable? What about #4?)
5. He has read the novel.
(What is the meaning of this sentence?
1) He read the novel before and knows the story of the novel. 2) He has just finished reading the novel. Does #5 mean !) or 2)?)
#1. It has been raining since this this morning.
This means that it is still raining.
2. It has rained since this morning.
This means that sometime between this morning and now, it rained. It is not necessarily raining now.
3. Tom has known the boy for two years.
4. Tom has been knowing the boy for two years.
(Are both acceptable? What about #4?)
#4 is not acceptable usage.
5. He has read the novel.
(What is the meaning of this sentence?
1) He read the novel before and knows the story of the novel. 2) He has just finished reading the novel. Does #5 mean !) or 2)?)
He has read the novel - means that before this time he finished reading.
Either of the other two sentences can be used to say the same thing. However, the time period in which he read the novel changes. #2 means the he Just finished reading the book.
1. "It has been raining since this morning" implies that the rain started in the morning and is still continuing at the time of speaking. It suggests a continuous action that started in the past and is still ongoing.
2. "It has rained since this morning" implies that the rain was completed or stopped at some point after it started in the morning. It suggests a one-time action that started and ended in the past.
3. "Tom has known the boy for two years" is an acceptable sentence. It indicates that Tom became acquainted with the boy two years ago and still knows him at the time of speaking.
4. "Tom has been knowing the boy for two years" is not grammatically correct. The verb "know" is not used in the continuous tense in English, so it should be "Tom has known the boy for two years."
5. The sentence "He has read the novel" suggests that the person read the novel at some point in the past, but it doesn't specify when. It does not provide information about whether he read it before or just finished reading it. It simply states that the action of reading the novel has been completed.