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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

begun + since + past participle?

Hi!!
I`m stuck at this question:

Q. It was a week since the exams began
a) It is a week
b) It has been a week
c) It had been a week
d) No improvement
Answer given is option "A"

I kind of feel that the answer is wrong.. I think the answer should be "It has been a week since the exams began".
What do you think?

Please help..

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Both 'is' and 'has been' are natural.

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Both 'is' and 'has been' are natural.
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AnonymousI think the answer should be "It has been a week since the exams began".
Given those choices, I would have picked b) It has been a week because it's the more usual choice. Nevertheless a) It is a week is not really wrong. The combinations you see most often are as follows:

Habitual Negative:
... have n
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