Has been/was
A father comes home to find his son with a black eye. He asks his wife what happened.
Mom: Your son's been in a fight. / Your son was in a fight.
(The son was in the fight ten minutes prior to this)
Would you find the 'has been' or 'was' version more fitting here?
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anonymous Would you find the 'has been' or 'was' version more fitting here? has been Present evidence (black eye) of a past event (fight) typically signals present perfect tense. CJ
- anonymous Would you find the 'has been' or 'was' version more fitting here?
- has been Present evidence (black eye) of a past event (fight) typically signals present perfect tense.
- CJ
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anonymousWould you find the 'has been' or 'was' version more fitting here?
has been
Present evidence (black eye) of a past event (fight) typically signals present perfect tense.
CJ
0anonymousYour son's
This is odd because it reads as if the father is not actually the father. If that is not what you mean, it would be better to replace that with the son's first name.
Another possibility would be to write that our son's been in a fight but, that would not be as natural.
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