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Lucas21c Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Natural Expression
Could you confirm whether the following sentences sound natural? Thank you in advance.
1. It's been ten years since I met my high school mates.
2. I met my high school mates for the first time in ten years.
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The first suggests that you have not seen them for ten years. We don't know whether you are going to meet them. The second says that you did meet them.
- The first suggests that you have not seen them for ten years.
- We don't know whether you are going to meet them.
- The second says that you did meet them.
- It would be more natural with some context such as 'last week', 'at last year's reunion',
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The first suggests that you have not seen them for ten years. We don't know whether you are going to meet them.
The second says that you did meet them. It would be more natural with some context such as 'last week', 'at last year's reunion',
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