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'Can', 'could', 'be able to', 'manage to' Present tenses Present perfect continuous 'Like' for preference and description Adverbs of frequency 'Have to' and 'must' The past simple tense ...

Combining have been and were in this way is perfectly acceptable here, Umed. Often, in language use, deciding whether to use the present perfect or the past simple depends on your perspective on the ...