Present Perfect vs Present perfect continuous

Could you correct the comments in parentheses, please? Are they right?

  1. I have lived in Los Angeles. (A completed action; the person does not live there anymore).

  2. I have lived in Los Angeles my whole life. (The person is still living there, or spent her whole life in Los Angeles, but is currently living in another location).

  3. I have been living in Los Angeles. (She doesn't live there anymore, but was living there recently, or is still living there).

  4. I have been living in Los Angeles my whole life. (The person is still living there or spent her whole life in Los Angeles, but is currently living in another location).

Thanks


Solution 1:

The first one seems fine, but here's how I'd tweak your other explanations:

2) I have lived in Los Angeles my whole life. (The person has spent her whole life in Los Angeles, and is still living there).

3) I have been living in Los Angeles. (She currently lives in L.A., and has been doing so for some time).

4) I have been living in Los Angeles my whole life. (She currently lives in L.A., and has always lived there).


As to how to express what you wrote in parentheses:

If I wanted to express, "The person [me] is still living in Los Angeles," I would say:

I am living in Los Angeles.

If I wanted to express, "The person doesn't live there anymore, but was living there recently," I would say:

I had been living in Los Angeles.

If I wanted to express, "The person spent a whole life in Los Angeles, but is currently living in another location," I would say:

I had been living in Los Angeles my whole life.

or maybe:

Until I moved here, I had lived in Los Angeles my whole life.

Solution 2:

1 . I have lived in Los Angeles. (A completed action; the person does not live there anymore).

No change required.

2 . I have lived in Los Angeles my whole life. (The person is still living there, or spent her whole life in Los Angeles, but is currently living in another location).

Corrected version:

The person has spent her whole life in Los Angeles. But right now, she may or may not be living there.

3 . I have been living in Los Angeles. (She doesn't live there anymore, but was living there recently, or is still living there).

Corrected version:

She is living in Los Angeles right now. Although she could have been living anywhere before, not necessarily Los Angeles.

4 . I have been living in Los Angeles my whole life. (The person is still living there or spent her whole life in Los Angeles, but is currently living in another location).

Corrected version:

The person has spent her whole life in Los Angeles and is still living there.

Solution 3:

  1. I have lived in Los Angeles. (A completed action; the person does not live there anymore. The person lived there for an indefinite amount of time).
  2. I have lived in Los Angeles my whole life. (The person is still living there, having spent almost her whole life in Los Angeles. but is currently living in another location).
  3. I have been living in Los Angeles. (She doesn't live there anymore, but was living there recently, or is still living there She has lived there for an indefinite period, continues to live there presently and may continue living there in the foreseeable future).
  4. I have been living in Los Angeles my whole life. (The person is still living there or spent her whole life in Los Angeles, but and is currently living in another same location).

Solution 4:

(1) I have lived in LA.

Present Perfect, no duration adverb => a completed action (a default reading). I no longer live in LA.

(3) I have been living in LA.

Present Perfect Progressive => a continuing action. I am still living in LA.

(2) I have lived in LA my whole life.

(4) I have been living in LA my whole life.

In A Comprehensive grammar of the English language, Quirk et al. argue that, because of the lengthy time scale (my whole life), sentence (4) is less likely than (2), but by no means unacceptable. Some speakers don't see any difference between (2) and (4), some do.