Which tense or tenses do you normally use with time expressions such as "in the past year" and "in the last year"?
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You'd use the past tense or present perfect tense for "in the past year," and the past tense for "in the last year," for example:
"In the past year I've gained 20 lbs."
"In the past year I gained 20 lbs."
"In the last year of our marriage, before the divorce was finalized, we lived apart."