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Sentence #283500

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cueyayotl cueyayotl May 25, 2014 May 25, 2014 at 12:48:44 PM UTC link Permalink

@NNC

patgfisher patgfisher May 25, 2014, edited May 25, 2014 May 25, 2014 at 1:05:43 PM UTC, edited May 25, 2014 at 1:10:47 PM UTC link Permalink

In my opinion, this sentence is OK. Tag added.

Gulo_Luscus Gulo_Luscus May 25, 2014 May 25, 2014 at 3:25:35 PM UTC link Permalink

Then what's the difference between the current sentence and ''It's been such a long time since he left school.'' ?

patgfisher patgfisher May 26, 2014 May 26, 2014 at 7:05:29 AM UTC link Permalink

"It's (=It is)such a long time since he left school" and
"It's been (=It has been) such a long time since he left school"

mean the same thing.

They are just different tenses of the verb "to be" (simple present and present perfect). The "it has been" one might put a little more emphasis on the fact that it is long time since he left school.

Gulo_Luscus Gulo_Luscus May 26, 2014 May 26, 2014 at 1:30:43 PM UTC link Permalink

>The "it has been" one might put a little more emphasis on the fact that it is long time since he left school.

I got it. Thank you, Patrick.

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