What's the meaning of “I have been waiting for half an hour.”?
In English, there is a special way to describe something that you began in the past and continue to do now. In order to do this, you have to use the sentence pattern I have been + ACTIVITY + for + PERIOD OF TIME. An example of this is: I have been driving for hours. This means that you began to drive hours ago and continue to drive now. A response to I have been waiting for half an hour might be something like: I'm sorry that I'm late.
How do you pronounce “I have been waiting for half an hour.”?
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