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Back-of-the-napkin (is explaining vs has been explaining)

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by neeti2711 » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:24 am
In a continuous series of back"of"the"napkin drawings Carl Richards, who is a financial planner, is explaining the basics of money through simple graphs and diagrams

A. In a continuous series of back"of"the"napkin drawings Carl Richards, who is a financial planner, is explaining the basics of money through simple graphs and diagrams

B. In a continuing series of back"of"the"napkin drawings Carl Richards, a financial planner, has been explaining the basics of money through simple graphs and diagrams

C. In a continuing series involving back"of"the"napkin drawings Carl Richards, a financial planner, has explained the basics of money by means of simple graphs and diagrams

D. In a continuous series of back"of"the"napkin drawings a financial planner, Carl Richards, had been explaining the basics of money through simple graphs and diagrams

E. In a continuing series from back"of"the"napkin drawings Carl Richards, a financial planner, was explaining the basics of money through simple graphs and diagrams


I think 'in a continuing series' and 'has been explaining' are redundant

for eg. it should be --> In a continuing series of Modern Family, Sofia Vergara is playing Gloria and NOT In a continuing series of Modern Family, Sofia Vergara has been playing Gloria

Please tell the difference
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:15 am
Do you think that "continuing" is more redundant in comparison with "continuous?" These two words are synonymous and I don't think any of them can be considered more redundant than the other one.
As to your second question, the use of the present perfect simple is correct since the action started in the past and continued until now. The use of the expression "in a continuing series" highlights the fact that the action continued for some time and, therefore, the present perfect progressive is the right tense to be used.
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