<span>a. Argue for or against the limitation of speed limits.</span>
1. <span>That company has been making surfboards since the 1960s. - <u>present perfect progressive</u> (present perfect of the verb to be = have/has been + verb + ing)
2. </span><span>Hunter had been playing a video game when his computer crashed. - <u>past perfect progressive</u> (past perfect of the verb to be = had been + verb + ing)
3. </span><span>As of next month, my best friend and I will have known each other for 12 years. - there is a mistake in options here, the correct answer is <u>future perfect</u>, not future perfect progressive (that would be will have knowing). </span>
Maybe the answer is : frequency of decision making
The first one is an "idiom" / or, "idiomatic expression" ; that is: [to have] "tricks up [one's sleeve's]" .
The second one is "hyperbole" (gross exaggeration).
The third one is "personification" — but also "hyperbole" (gross exaggeration).
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