Is it common to say:
Dear italki member,
Are the following sentences common and true?
1-He has always taken his responsibilities seriously.
2- I don’t remember any week that he has not had progress in his work.
3- He proposed a new method to solve this problem.

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Is it common to say:
Dear italki member,
Are the following sentences common and true? 
1-He has always taken his responsibilities seriously. 
2- I don’t remember any week that he has not had progress in his work.
3- He proposed a new method to solve this problem.

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All sentences are correct. Not sure about your question of common or true...

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The second sentence is 'clunky', we'd usually say "made" rather than "had" when referring to progress, e.g.,

"I don't remember any week that he had not made progress in his work"

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One and three are correct and pretty much spot on. I would not say two is correct

I would say: "I cannot a single week in which he did not make progress in his work". I would argue that as we are remembering something it is in the past, so we are more likely to use the past simple.

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