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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". 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 Bloodlines 2. Courtesy Paradox Greatness takes time. 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Javier Hermosilla "Poke" da CI de [...] Kraft, disse ao terminar "há muitos anos que não se faz uma reunião deste [...]tipo, com tantos trabalhadores, [...]delegados e internas anti-burocráticas na zona. It's been a long time since I applied myself [...]and gathered information about the genus Pabstia, coping original descriptions [...]found in the publications existing in the library of the Botanical Garden, keeping in alcohol the flowers of the plants I had or have gathered from other peoples, and then a series of events impelled me to get in the study of this genus. Já ha algum tempo vinha me dedicando e acumulando [...]informações sobre o gênero Pabstia, xerocando as descrições originais [...]das publicações existentes na biblioteca do Jardim Botânico e guardando em álcool as flores dos exemplares que possuía ou tinha obtido de outros, foi então que uma série de acontecimentos me proporcionaram o aprofundamento no estudo deste gênero. It's been a long time since I started this [...]image, but I never had finished it. Faz algum tempo que eu comecei essa imagem, [...]mas nunca cheguei a terminar. Bdale's personal needs are [...] currently adequately met by the SANE driver and it's been a long time since he looked at anything TWAIN related, so he [...]asks if anyone is interested? As necessidades [...] pessoais de Bdale são atualmente preenchidas pelos drivers do SANE e já faz um longo tempo desde que ele procurou algo [...]relacionado ao TWAIN, [...]então ele pergunta se alguém está interessado. It's been a long time since you haven't had [...]a less experienced and younger pilot as a teammate, how is Nico Hulkenberg going to perform next year? Faz muito tempo que você não tem um piloto [...]menos experiente e mais jovem como companheiro de equipe, como vai ser o Nico Hulkenberg ano que vem. Father, it's been a long time since I've been able [...]to attend Mass. Padre, há muito tempo que não posso assistir à Santa Missa. It's been a long time since I'm not sent [...]to school's direction. Faz tempo que não vou pra diretoria da escola. It's been a long time since we had our last [...]post on bokeh. Já faz um tempo que postamos sobre fotografia bokeh. It has been a long time, I believe, since Europe has played [...]such a role in a conflict of this kind. Creio que há muito tempo a Europa não desempenhava papel [...]tão importante num conflito como este. It's been some time since I decided to [...]return to my spiritual path through the arts in the year 2000. Passou tempo desde que decidi retomar meu [...]caminho espiritual através da Arte, em 2000. Besides this since long time the special focus of her work has been the interface [...]between choreography and metaphysics. Além disso, o foco [...] especial de seu trabalho artístico tem sido o ponto de encontro entre Coreografia [...]e Metafísica. The surgical treatment of [...] metacarpal fractures has been used since a long time ago. O tratamento cirúrgico das [...] fraturas dos metacarpos é utilizado há muito tempo. My friend, it's been a long time ago I just do [...]what I want and what gives me pleasure. Amigo, há muito tempo só faço o que gosto e o [...]que me dá prazer. It's been 12 long years since Colombia qualified for the World Cup, and 16 years since Pelé proclaimed Colombia was going [...]to win the 1994 World Cup. Já se passaram 12 longos anos desde que a Colômbia se classificou para uma Copa do Mundo, e 16 anos desde que Pelé previu [...]que Colômbia conquistaria a Copa do Mundo de 1994. It's been a long time coming, hasn't it? Quanto tempo esperaram, não é mesmo? I've been a fan of OpenID for a long time-not just because of it's simplicity but [...]because of the philosophy behind it. Eu sou fã do OpenID há muito tempo. Não apenas por sua simplicidade, mas por causa [...]de sua filosofia. It's been a long process since every stage has been consulted and the [...]work methodology not always accepted. Foi um processo longo, pois todas as etapas haviam sido consultadas e [...]nem sempre se aceitava amplamente a metodologia de trabalho que proposta. As far as I am [...] aware, it has been a long time since a situation such [...]as this occurred in the social sphere. Tanto quanto sei, já [...] há muito que não ocorria uma situação como esta na esfera social. It was way ahead of its time, even if some of the proposals made then have long since been overtaken by events. Tratava-se de um [...] documento à frente do seu tempo, embora, naturalmente, muita das suas propostas tenham sido há muito ultrapassadas [...]pelos acontecimentos. The food additives to be re-evaluated by EFSA have been previously assessed for their safety by the [...] SCF and many of them have been used since long time. Os aditivos alimentares a serem reavaliados pela AESA foram [...] previamente avaliados no que se refere à respectiva segurança pelo CCAH [...] e muitos deles são já utilizados há bastante tempo. Enthusiast about Oncidium, he has been studying the Brazilian species of this genus since long time ago. Apaixonado [...] pelo gênero Oncidium, vem se dedicando ao estudo das espécies brasileiras de gênero, há muito tempo. Although it has been a long time since children played here, [...]you can still see pictures scratched into stones around the village. Embora já tenha passado muito tempo desde as ultimas crianças aqui [...]brincarem, ainda se vêem desenhos riscados nas pedras à volta da aldeia. Since a return to [...] full employment in the traditional sense has long since been exposed as wishful thinking, it is time to develop new and realistic forms of employment. Tendo em vista que o pleno emprego, em sua acepção tradicional, revelou-se uma miragem, é preciso criar regimes de emprego mais realistas. This eminently paradoxical approach has been, since a long time, questioned because the logical instrumental [...]of its critics, [...]with a strong literary nature, did not predicted the third included principle the possible existence of a, non-a, as well as a and non-a. Essa abordagem eminentemente paradoxal há muito tem sido fortemente questionada, pois o instrumental [...]lógico dos seus críticos, [...]de natureza fortemente literária, não previa o princípio do terceiro incluído a possível existência de a, não-a, assim como de a e não-a. It's been a long time coming," the [...]bearded native of Argentina said. Foi uma longa caminhada", disse o barbudo [...]argentino. It's quite a long time the iPhone has made it's first debut on the world scene, and I have to admit I've been tempted more than once? É um tempo muito longo o iPhone tem feito a sua primeira estréia no cenário mundial, e eu tenho que admitir que eu tenho tentado mais [...]de uma vez ? We lived there for five has been away since Tuesday. We often use for and since when talking about time. for + period a "period" is a duration of time - five minutes, two weeks, six years. For means "from the beginning of the period to the end of the period". since + point a "point" is a precise moment in time - 9 o'clock, 1st January, Monday. Since means "from a point in the past until now". Look at these examples for a period from start to end since a point from then to now >=== for 20 minutes for three days for 6 months for 4 years for 2 centuries for a long time for ever since 9am since Monday since January since 1997 since 1500 since I left school since the beginning of time all tenses perfect tenses for For can be used with all tenses. Here are a few examples They study for two hours every day. They are studying for three hours today. He has lived in Bangkok for a long time. He has been living in Paris for three months. I worked at that bank for five years. Will the universe continue for ever? We do not use for with "all day", "all the time" I was there all day. not for all day since Since is normally used with perfect tenses He has been here since 9am. He has been working since he arrived. I had lived in New York since my childhood. We also use since in the structure "It is [period] since" It was a year since I had seen her. How long is it since you got married? Both for and since also have other meanings, with no reference to time. Here are some examples This is for you. Is this the train for London? Since you ask, I'll say yes. Since he didn't study, he didn't pass the exam. for and since for Time Quiz EnglishClub Learn English Grammar Verbs for and since for Time

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