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Jacky56Lin Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

It’s been years since he was back. help please

Dear Teachers! Thanks a lot..Help check if these are the same thought. >> It’s been years since he was back = I have not come back for years.
  

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No. In one sentence you use I and the other he.

— Dave Phillips

  • No.
  • In one sentence you use I and the other he.
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No. In one sentence you use I and the other he.
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Sorry! I mean " It’s been years since he was back = He has not come back for years. "
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As I have already mentioned on an earlier post, I really don't like, "it's been years since he was back". I would prefer either "It's been years since he returned," or, "it's been years since he has been back to visit/here."
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Hello! Dave Phillips , The following is a story from web. The writer does use "it's been years since he was back". I just want to know what it means. Please take a look at this copy!>>>" Big Eden is a tiny town tucked away in the timberland of northwestern Montana, where cowboys lounge on the porch of the general store to pass the time away, and keep their eyes on things. Although it's b
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Jacky56LinAlthough it's been years since he was back, Henry Hart, a successful but lonely New York artist, returns to Big Eden, the town of his childhood, to care for the ailing grandfather who raised him.
You see, you wrote a fragment of a sentence not the whole sentence, that returns makes a difference.

Yes it has been a long time since he was there
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