“I have not been getting customers for a few weeks now straight, but this week I had some”

I am confused about using of present perfect continuous. is it right?

Can I say “I wasn’t getting customers for weeks now but this week had some”

Thanks

Answers

Madison_Pregon

30 January

English (US)

“I have not been getting customers for a few weeks (straight) now, but this week I had some”

c’est parfait :)

“straight”
ce mot est facultatif, mais c'est avant “now”

(sorry for bad french)

HebrewDane

30 January

English (US)

Well, the sentence is written awkwardly anyway. "....a few weeks now straight" is not right. You could say "for a few weeks straight" meaning for a few weeks in a row.
Also saying "I have not been getting customers" is also a bit awkward. It's better to say, "I have not had (any) customers for a few weeks straight but this week I had some." (meaning this week I did have some customers) So the tense makes more sense.

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knc1212

30 January

English (US)

I would omit "now" in both sentences. Neither sentence needs "now" for the meaning to be clear.

‎“I have not been getting customers for a few weeks straight, but this week I had some”
“I wasn’t getting customers for weeks but this week had some”

"Now" in both just adds a sense that the lack of customers was recent.

Ryeninja

31 January

French (France) Near fluent
French (Canada)

@Madison_Pregon Thanks a lot.

Ryeninja

31 January

French (France) Near fluent
French (Canada)

@HebrewDane Many thanks

Ryeninja

31 January

French (France) Near fluent
French (Canada)

@knc1212 thank you very much

Ryeninja

31 January

French (France) Near fluent
French (Canada)

@HebrewDane a question if you don’t mind. If things were not happening in the past and they are still not in the present. for example, customers were not coming and they are still coming. Now, this thing starts in the past and remains like this till the present in that case shouldn’t I use present perfect continues?