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Teal lime Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

It was vs. it has been

It was vs. it has been

Would you please be so kind as to explain in which context you use "It has been a good year" and when you use "It was a good year" by providing some examples?

Thank you.

  

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teal lime It has been a good year. The year is not finished yet. teal lime It was a good year.

— CalifJim

  • teal lime It has been a good year.
  • The year is not finished yet.
  • teal lime It was a good year.
  • It was last year or a year before that or any year before that in the past.
  • The same is true for any of the words that mark time: day, week, month .
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teal limeIt has been a good year.

The year is not finished yet.

teal limeIt was a good year.

It was last year or a year before that or any year before that in the past.

The same is true for any of the words that mark time: day, week, month.

It has been ... if the day, week, or month

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