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Identify the incorrect sentence.

Ai have been working on this math problem all night.
Bthe miners have been digging for weeks.
Cthe movie been running for three hours.
Dthe two countries have been fighting for more than fifty years.

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CyphLilith

c! there should have been something between movie and been such as the word "have"

monybeapoblete

Answer:

Sentence "c" is incorrect.

Explanation:

The sentence "the movie been running for three hours" is ungrammatical because the verb "been" which is in the past participle form plus the verb "running" which is in the progressive form indicates that an action that started in the past is still in progress. The name of this tense is present perfect progressive and It is formed with the auxiliary have + been + V-ING. That's why the sentence "the movie been running for three hours" is wrong because the verb requires the auxiliary "have" to form the present perfect progressive. So the correct version would be: "the movie has been running for three hours."

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