+++Elena. You're on a roll today! 👍🏼

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T. Melihova: (1) When something starts in the past and is still in force in the present, you need the perfect tense: I've HAD; (2) BY NOW значит к этому времени: I thought it'd be over by now. Я думал, что все будет кончено к этому времени.

Oleg: BEEN KEEPING isn't used for pets. You could use it for things like keeping a diary, keeping company with someone, or keeping an eye on the stock market, but not pets. With pets we use the verb GET (завести) and HAVE (иметь).

T. Osipove: To BREED animals is to have them mate and then give the offspring away or sell them as a business. HAVING pets is not the same as BREEDING pets.

I have bred my pets for 5 years. /Развожу домашних питомцев 5 лет.

Yes, Tatiana, if you pair them and then sell their babies.

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