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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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had / have been good friends

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00(a) Susan and Suzana are good neighbours. They have / had been good friends since they were ten years old. 02br
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0You say Suzan and Suzanna 01font00ARE02font00 friends which means that this has something to do with the present time.So, use the present perfect tense in both cases.0-
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00(b) Either could be correct, depending on what else occurs in the sentence. However, it should be "since ten years of age" or as you have it in (a).0-
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