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Vicky Ngô Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
It's been or it has been?
Would you say it's been a while or it has been a while?
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That depends on if you need to be informal or formal, and/or neutral or emphatic. The contracted form can be used in an informal and neutral context, where no emphasis is needed.
- That depends on if you need to be informal or formal, and/or neutral or emphatic.
- The contracted form can be used in an informal and neutral context, where no emphasis is needed.
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That depends on if you need to be informal or formal, and/or neutral or emphatic. The contracted form can be used in an informal and neutral context, where no emphasis is needed.
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it's = it has, so they are the same.
In conversation or in personal correspondence I would always use "it's".
I would use "it has" only in very formal writing.
CJ
In conversation or in personal correspondence I would always use "it's".
I would use "it has" only in very formal writing.
CJ
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