'Are' instead of 'have been'

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Have you noticed this? The most common example is something along the lines of 'DP and I are together x years'.

I've never encountered this in real life!

Is this from people whose first language isn't English maybe?

It would definitely be a normal way of saying things in Swedish, so maybe. When I was a little bilingual child in Sweden I was told off for saying ”do you want to come with” which is how you’d put it in Swedish. Very vindicated and bitter when I as an adult realised it’s a common phrasing in the US Midwest.

Common way of phrasing in southern US as well.

Yes! I've been noticing this more and more and pretty sure (judging by the rest of the post) it's native speakers doing it.

I find it odd, as I remember when learning French being taught not to try to translate, "I have been learning French for three years" literally but instead having to say, "I am learning French for three years". It felt very, erm, foreign as a concept, but seems to be becoming common.

Another similar one I've noticed is, "Hopefully she goes..." (rather than future tense) and similar constructions. Very odd to my ears.