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In the time since then, the members of that community have managed to produce a Translation of "it has been a long time since" in French It has been a long time since Wallonia found its identity as a film region. La Wallonie a trouvé son identité cinématographique depuis bien longtemps. It has been a long time since the last update of April 2008. Il s'en est écoulé du temps depuis la dernière mise à jour de fin avril 2008. Sep 02, 2022 · Kiely Mai Rodni, 16, appears in an image released by the Nevada County, California Sheriff's office.Volunteers found missing California teen Kiely Mai Rodni, 16, in the back of her own sport utility vehicle under 14 feet of water in a reservoir, members of the search and rescue effort said in a YouTube video.Kiely Rodni has been found deceased by Liv August 8, 2022 California Jun 10, 2012 Non, pas tout à fait. Since indique le début d'une condition. For indique la durée. Since a long time ago = depuis il y a longtemps. 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Cách Vay Tiền Trên Momo. 1 Dear teachers, 1 Would you please tell me if the following constructions are correct in English ? and if yes, is there a difference between them? a It is a long time since I saw you. b It has been a long time since I saw you. c It was a long time since I saw you. d It was a long time since I had seen you. incorrect ? 2 Would it be possible for you to give me exercises on that point of grammar? Thanks a lot, Hela 2 hela said Dear teachers, 1 Would you please tell me if the following constructions are correct in English ? and if yes, is there a difference between them? a It is a long time since I saw you. b It has been a long time since I saw you. c It was a long time since I saw you. d It was a long time since I had seen you. incorrect ? 2 Would it be possible for you to give me exercises on that point of grammar? Thanks a lot, Hela They all sound awkward to me, sorry. Try, It's been a long time since I've seen you ~ It has been a long time since I have seen you. I'm not sure what the grammar point is. - Could you be more specific about what you're looking for? -D 3 b It has been a long time since I saw you. This sounds fine to me -/ FRC 4 Casiopea said It's been a long time since I've seen you ~ It has been a long time since I have seen you. Hello Casiopea, I'm not agree with you in this case. I think that "since I saw you" is correct, because saw refers to the past. You can also say "since I last saw you". If I am wrong, please explain me, why. Kind regards, Dany 5 Hello teachers, My question was which of the following sentences are correct . I found such a sentence a in a textbook a "It is three weeks since he was in touch with me." Is it wrong ?? Or does it have the same meaning as b "It has been three weeks since I last saw you."? is it possible to add "last" ? I think "since I saw you" is correct because it expresses the time at which I stopped seeing you, right? c "It has been three weeks since I have seen you." Correct ? d "It was three weeks since I saw you." Wrong, right? e "It had been three weeks since I had seen you." Correct ? Thank you very much for your help. Hela PS If my question is still not clear I'll try to rephrase it. 6 "It is three weeks since he was in touch with me." Is it wrong ?? That's wrong. You should say Three weeks ago he was in touch with me. "It has been three weeks since I last saw you."? That's wrong. You should say I last saw you three weeks ago. The other sentences of you are also wrong. I try to explain you, why. You said in ever sentences, that it was three weeks ago. So you know when it happend. That's why you have to use Simple Past. In your first examples, you have to use Present Perfect, because you don't say, when you have seen him / her the last time. It has been a long time since I last saw you. I hope that helps you. Kind regards, Dany 7 Dany said Hello Casiopea, I'm not in agreement with you in this case. I think that "since I saw you" is correct, because saw refers to the past. You can also say "since I last saw you". If I am wrong, please explain to me, why. Kind regards, Dany Hello, Dany. hi If the time sequence is known, or specific, then the simple past works, It has been three weeks since I last saw you. It has been three weeks since I saw you last. If the time sequence is unknown, or unspecified, then the present perfect works, It has been a long time since I have seen you. All the best, -D 8 hela said My question was which of the following sentences are correct. And your question was answered, Hela. ;- hela said I found such a sentence a in a textbook a "It is three weeks since he was in touch with me." Is it wrong?? It's ungrammatical. 'was' is fine with 'three weeks', but 'is' needs to be in the perfect EX It has been three weeks since he was in touch with me. hela said b "It has been three weeks since I last saw you."? is it possible to add "last"? 'last' functions as an adverb. It's fine. Here are the other alternatives EX It's been three weeks since I saw you last. EX It's been three weeks since I last saw you. EX It's been three weeks since last I saw you. hela said I think "since I saw you" is correct because it expresses the time at which I stopped seeing you, right? Close. You're right about the verb having to be compatible with the time frame. The sentence is fine with 'saw'. The time period it refers to is specific 'three weeks', but change it to 'a long time', a non-specific period of time, and you'll have to change the verb to 'have seen' EX It's been a long time since I've seen you. hela said c "It has been three weeks since I have seen you." Correct? d "It was three weeks since I saw you." Wrong, right? e "It had been three weeks since I had seen you." Correct? Context is important here. Do you have any handy? Grammatically, and this is without context to help me out, I'd say that c, as is, is fine, that d is awkward, and e strange. But, then again, I'm working from my own interpretation of how those sentences would fit into a dialogue. - Way too much brain work. hela said PS If my question is still not clear I'll try to rephrase it. You're question was very clear. Apparently, our responses were not. 9 Dany[color=red said That's wrong. You should say Three weeks ago he was in touch with me.[/color] That's wrong. You should say I last saw you three weeks ago. It has been a long time since I last saw you. Try to use pink or blue or green or any color aside from red. You see, in some cultures of the world, corrections made in red are . . . well, let's just say that we certainly wouldn't want to offend anyone or give them the wrong idea. -D 10 You're question was very clear. Apparently, our responses were not. Dear Casiopea, I burst into laughter when I read your remark! I think you're very modest, my dear teacher. All the best and thank you again for your help. Hela 11 You, guys, are grammar book explains the rule as follows We say 'It's a long time/two years etc. since something happened' -It's two years since I last saw Joe. =I haven't seen Joe for two years/the last time I saw Joe was two years ago -It's ages since we went to the cinema. =We haven't been to the cinema for ages Murphy's text book is considered to be one of the most popular and very well edited grammar books. I quite agree with this statement. Thus, the sentence "a It is a long time since I saw you. " is absolutely correct whereas the sentences "It's been a long time since I've seen you ~ It has been a long time since I have seen you. " are incorrect for you should use the Past with since unless it conveys no idea of reason. Did you get it? I'm absolutely sure that what I've just written is correct at least from a British point of view. 12 Casiopea said Try to use pink or blue or green or any color aside from red. You see, in some cultures of the world, corrections made in red are . . . well, let's just say that we certainly wouldn't want to offend anyone or give them the wrong idea. -D Sorry, red is my favourite colour. In future, I won't be use this colour for corrections. Sorry. Kind regards, Dany 13 Flash said You, guys, are grammar book explains the rule as follows We say 'It's a long time/two years etc. since something happened' -It's two years since I last saw Joe. =I haven't seen Joe for two years/the last time I saw Joe was two years ago -It's ages since we went to the cinema. =We haven't been to the cinema for ages Murphy's text book is considered to be one of the most popular and very well edited grammar books. I quite agree with this statement. Thus, the sentence "a It is a long time since I saw you. " is absolutely correct whereas the sentences "It's been a long time since I've seen you ~ It has been a long time since I have seen you. " are incorrect for you should use the Past with since unless it conveys no idea of reason. Did you get it? I'm absolutely sure that what I've just written is correct at least from a British point of view. Welcome to the discussion, Flash. hi Thank goodness you added, albiet in brackets ?, "at least from a British point of view". That's an important point. Dialects will differ, so be careful with the "incorrects" and such, it just might offend someone-of course, you'd never offend me. -D 14 Dany said Sorry, red is my favourite colour. In future, I won't be use this colour for corrections. Sorry. Kind regards, Dany No apologies necessary, please. I enjoy reading your posts a great deal. -D My pajamas are red, and so are my slippers! I love the color red, and blue, and green, and pink, and . . . I just can't make up my mind. roll Did you know, that in Japan, if your favorite color is purple, it means you have a sad soul, and if your favorite color is blue, you're happy and carefree, like the day's sky. Maybe the rainbow of my favorite color choices speak of my colorful nature? lol 15 Welcome to the discussion, Flash. Thank goodness you added, albiet in brackets ?, "at least from a British point of view". That's an important point. Dialects will differ, so be careful with the "incorrects" and such, it just might offend someone-of course, you'd never offend me. I knew I had to add that point. I concur with you that it's very important indeed. I certainly did not want to offend any of the contributors. I just said that there was no doubt one of the sentences hela had written at the very beginning was correct. No offence. You're 'tough' to offend, aren't you? lol 16 Flash said I knew I had to add that point. I concur with you that it's very important indeed. I certainly did not want to offend any of the contributors. I just said that there was no doubt one of the sentences hela had written at the very beginning was correct. No offence. You're 'tough' to offend, aren't you? lol -D up 17 Casiopea said No apologies necessary, please. I enjoy reading your posts a great deal. -D My pajamas are red, and so are my slippers! I love the color red, and blue, and green, and pink, and . . . I just can't make up my mind. roll Did you know, that in Japan, if your favorite color is purple, it means you have a sad soul, and if your favorite color is blue, you're happy and carefree, like the day's sky. Maybe the rainbow of my favorite color choices speak of my colorful nature? lol Thanks for your complement lol Good for me, that my favourite colour isn't purple lol Kind regards, Dany What about, 'It's been a long time since I've known her' - wouldn't that mean the same as I've known her for a long time? No. Why do you expect it to mean that? And how do you read this sentence? It means "I haven't known her for a long time." The reason I picked this example is that at least some native speakers interpret it to mean 'I've known her for years.' Really? Think about this example, for instance 'We've been friends ever since we've known each other' Yes, this one does mean "We've been friends as long as we've known each other" = "We've been friends ever since we first met", but I would call this use of "since" the illogical one. You see, if you look 'since' up in a dictionary, as a conjunction this word designates a certain point/event in the past after which something has been the case or has been going on until now or until some other point in the future or in the past. Not exactly. What you are saying here applies to "ever since" together with a present perfect in the main clause, not to every use of "since". Another example of "since" that does not mean "ever since" I have seen him three times since last year. The reason I say the use of the present perfect is 'illogical' after 'since' is because one would assume that since 'since' implies a certain point in time in the past when something happened/was the case the most logical tense to use after 'since' would be simple past. "Since" means something like "after", but "after" requires matching finite verb tenses in the two clauses. "Since" allows, for example, present tense in the main clause and past tense in the "since" clause. Ultimately saying something like, 'It's been years since I've seen him' is the same as saying ,'I've seen him many years ago,' if you follow the logic of what 'since' is supposed to mean. "It's been years since I've seen him" means "I haven't seen him in years" and is not at all like saying "I've seen him many years ago." The latter is indeed illogical, with an "ago" phrase modifying a present tense the "have" in "I've". We might say something like "I've seen him once, many years ago", but the comma makes the "ago" phrase parenthetical, a nondefining modifier for "once", not for "have". Imagine "which was", past tense, just after the comma. Note that "It's been years since I've seen him" does not mean "It's been years as long as I've seen him" or "It's been years that I've seen him" either. It uses the usual meaning of "since", not the exceptional one in "We've been friends ever since we've known each other". The exceptional meaning depends on two things that "since I've seen him" does not have 1 The "ever since" idea, as opposed to the "at least once since" as in my "three times since last year" above, and 2 something like "known" or "been living here", that can suggest continuity. "We've been friends since we've known each other" is ambiguous because knowing can be discontinuous, with a beginning and an end, and thus "since" might mean "at least once since". If you want to force the exceptional meaning of "since", you need to include the word "ever". Again, I could rationalise the use of present perfect in 'I've seen him many years ago' by suggesting that this sentence 'emphasises' the period of time over which I haven't seen him while 'I saw him many years ago' simply states the fact that me seeing him happened many years ago, or something to that effect. By the same token, your explanations about how 'It's been years since I last studied English' means, 'I last studied English many years ago,' while 'It's been years since I've studied English,' means 'I haven't studied English in years,' don't really explain anything but rather rationalise the existence of two different forms that essentially mean one and the same thing. Tell me what's the difference in meaning between 'I last studied English many years ago' and 'I haven't studied English in years.'? See my reply to Radioh. The pattern ' it's been years since + present perfect' is simply an idiom that people have gotten used to, but it doesn't make sense from the viewpoint of the semantics of 'since' or the way present perfect is used elsewhere in English. It does not match some "explanations" of present perfect, but it does make sense in terms of how present perfect is used elsewhere in English, and it jibes with my understanding of it. Consider the following examples of "It has been + amount-of-time + conjunction + present-perfect" It has been an hour once he has run half a mile. It has been an hour when he has run half a mile. It has been an hour after he has run half a mile. It has been an hour since he has run half a mile. There are subtle differences between "once", "when", "after", and "since", but the pattern is the same, and, semantically speaking, the "amount-of-time" in each case follows upon his completion of a half mile run. With "since", as with these other conjunctions, the "certain point" in the past being mentioned is the completion of the half mile run, not the beginning of it. In the same way the "long time" should logically follow my knowing her in "It has been a long time since I have known her" because the "certain point" in the past being reckoned from is the end of my knowing her, not the beginning of it. Now consider the following two sentences He gets caught before he has run half a mile. It is a long time since he has run half a mile. With "before", as with the other conjunctions, the time being reckoned from is the completion of the half mile run. "Since" is the opposite of "before", and just as "before he has run half a mile" refers to a time or a situation in which he has not run half a mile yet, "since he has run half a mile" refers to a time or a situation in which he is not running that half mile any more. And in either case the time when he has run half a mile = the moment of completion of his half-mile run does not have to exist. He may have begun the run but never reached the half-mile mark— or he may never have run at all. This is why I say that "It has been a long time since I have known her" does not presuppose that I have ever known her. Because present perfect after "since", like present perfect after "before", is essentially a negative context, we can say things like "It has been a long time since I have known anyone like her" but not *"I have known anyone like her for a long time", just as we can say "The protagonist, unfortunately, dies before he has ever met his mother" but not *"The protagonist has ever met his mother while he, unfortunately, dies." The source of the confusion in this thread is the ambiguity in how certain words and grammar patterns are used in English at least by some people. Plus the fact that most textbook emphasising British English don't teach the pattern 'It's been years since + present perfect', probably because in British English this pattern is regarded as non-standard or something like that. And apparently it is regarded as non-standard at least by some native speakers note the first reply in this thread. People are free to have their own opinions, but "It's been years since + present perfect" makes logical sense to me, as I have said, and I don't see any reason to censure it. The structure it's been + days / weeks / months / etc. + since is used to emphasise the length of time that has passed since a past event It's been weeks since his last blog been a long time since I met long has it been since they moved away? In the sentences above, it's been stands for it has been present perfect; however, in everyday speech, it is more common to use the present simple instead of the present perfect It's weeks since his last blog a long time since I met long is it since they moved away? Rate this page These examples may contain rude words based on your search. These examples may contain colloquial words based on your search. It's been a long time since I let myself go like that. It's been a long time since you've kissed me like that. It's been a long time since I've faced a worthy opponent. Grace It's been a long time since the rains started. It's been a long time since we were this close. It's been a long time since last we trained. It's been a long time since my letter was interrupted. It's been a long time since we could be alone together. It's been a long time since she's last seen outside. It's been a long time since we went out to dine. It's been a long time since I did real lab work. It's been a long time since I've done geocaching. It's been a long time since these attacks last came. It's been a long time since last I enjoyed this. It's been a long time since I've met an ambassador. It's been a long time since I've seen my brother. It's been a long time since someone cooked a meal for me. It's been a long time since I heard an accordion. It's been a long time since you surprised me. It's been a long time since I liked someone so much. No results found for this meaning. Results 7561757. Exact 629. Elapsed time 1584 ms. The first part of the sentence is fine, but the second part sounds bad. basically, you're describing a finished action in the past, and a non finished action since then has been. so the second part should be expressed with the past simple tense "It has been a long time since we worked on the same topic". As usual, note that in the spoken language, "it has been" will be contracted to just "it's been".

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