One: You are always beautiful.
Two: You have always been beautiful.
2006-06-24 21:09:16 · 16 answers · asked by immonen33 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Two makes more sense, because it says you were beautiful when you were born, and have never stopped being beautiful. (Present perfect: started in the past, continues to the present--with the always to indicate that the point in the past was the beginning of the person's life (assuming no other qualifiers, like "as long as I've known you").)
One, I find a bit odd, because the simple present of "to be" can indicate a fact, and it's unusual to have to modify a fact with "always". "I am Canadian" makes sense, but "I am always Canadian" does not. So "You are beautiful" may be a fact, but "You are always beautiful", probably not. That leaves the other use for the simple present of "to be"--to indicate a state "You are asleep". This one CAN go with always, though it tends to be an exaggeration "You are always asleep"; "You are always dirty". Really it means you are repeatedly asleep/dirty--so in the case of "You are always beautiful" it would be "You are repeatedly beautiful". It suggests to me that you are MAKING yourself beautiful, whereas in "You have always been beautiful" you naturally are beautiful.
2006-06-25 11:13:48 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know that there is a grammatical difference but they have different meanings. The first implies that you have always been beautiful and are beautiful still. The second implies that you may have always been beautiful but perhaps that is changing. The first deals more with the present and the second deals more with the past. I hope this helps.
2006-06-25 04:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very much so different.
First implies the person is always looking beautiful and will continue to do so in the future. Are being present tense.
Second sentance uses past tense and implies the person HAS always been good looking. There is an implication that the person will also wbe beautiful going forward, but not as strong an implication as the first.
2006-06-25 04:14:22 · answer #3 · answered by Who me? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure they're different. The first is saying that the person is always beautiful. They may not have always been beautiful, but as long as the person saying it has known them, they have been beautiful in their eyes. The second is saying that the person may always have been beautiful, but that doesn't necessarily mean they still are. And once again, this only means that as far as the person saying it is concerned, the person they are saying it to has always been beautiful in their eyes.
2006-06-25 04:13:49 · answer #4 · answered by High On Life 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grammatically yes two different meanings
The First one "You are always beautiful" is Present continuous
The Second one "You have always been beautiful" is past continuous
Therefore it does have two different meanings the second one literally speaking is that you have been beautiful, doesn't refer to the present and the first one only refers to the present.
2006-06-25 04:16:12 · answer #5 · answered by helmats 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they are different. The first one meen that in the present, you are always beautiful, while the second one means that starting from the past you have always been beautiful.
2006-06-25 04:51:11 · answer #6 · answered by john 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, although they mean basically the same thing, they are slightly different.
If you remove the word "always" the difference becomes much clearer. "You are beautiful" is much different from "You have been beautiful"
2006-06-25 04:17:45 · answer #7 · answered by Steven B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They mean something very similar although the second one can also eventually mean that the person has been beautiful... but no longer is.
2006-06-26 07:07:12 · answer #8 · answered by pink_panther_7737337 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sentence one is present tense. Sentence two can be interpreted as being past tense and may get you smacked.
2006-06-25 04:15:01 · answer #9 · answered by xtowgrunt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You said the wrong one to a woman, didn't you? Don't try to figure it out you'll hurt yourself and still be wrong. Just admit that, say your sorry, do something nice, and life will go back to normal until you "screw up" again. At least there's make up sex!
2006-06-25 04:20:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋