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Old Wednesday, October 21, 2015
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Originally Posted by Meme View Post
Hey,

For the 1st sentence that you've corrected I'd like to make another correction:
I have been ill for three months. [am implies that he is ill now and doesn't denote time. Have been brings in the time element that one has been ill for 3 months. [Refer to exploring the world of english: present perfect tense for more detail].

Another correction: Gold is costlier than silver.
Gold and silver are material nouns the article 'the' can't be placed before them.

Regards,
You are right. 'Have been' will be used istead of 'am'. But if we are using 'have been' then the sentence will be: I have been ailing for three months.
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