Question about perfect contiuous
It HAD been raining for one and a half weeks and the road was flooded.
It HAS been raining for one and a half weeks and the road is flooded.

Do you think both the two sentences reasonable without context? Thank you.

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Question about perfect contiuous
It HAD been raining for one and a half weeks and the road was flooded. 
It HAS been raining  for one and a half weeks and the road is flooded.

Do you think both the two sentences reasonable without context? Thank you.

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You can say the second one completely without context, but not the first one. You could say something like "I went to Australia in January. It had been raining for..."; but if you only said "It had been raining for..." and nothing else, people would either think you meant 'has' or they'd be very confused and ask "When?".

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Both sentences make perfect sense. You have done a good job of matching the tenses of both sentences. e.g. HAD goes with WAS - past tense and HAS goes with IS - present tense :)

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