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LeGion12359 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Simple Grammar

1. It's ten years since I started my job.
2. ten years have passed since i started
Do the above sentences differ in meaning?
  

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LeGion12359 Do the above sentences differ in meaning? Yes. Sentence #2 doesn't say what you started.

— AlpheccaStars

  • LeGion12359 Do the above sentences differ in meaning?
  • Yes.
  • Sentence #2 doesn't say what you started.
  • Since I started laughing / running / playing the piano...
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LeGion12359Do the above sentences differ in meaning?
Yes. Sentence #2 doesn't say what you started. Since I started laughing / running / playing the piano...
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AlpheccaStarsYes. Sentence #2 doesn't say what you started. Since I started laughing / running / playing the piano...
Hahahaha, Sorry there is a word job following the word 'started' in sentence#2, somehow it escaped my attention, Any difference then?
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It seems like you are asking if these two sentence fragments have the same meaning. Yes, they do.

1. It's been ten years since...
2. Ten years have passed since
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AlpheccaStarsIt seems like you are asking if these two sentence fragments have the same meaning
Yes off course.
AlpheccaStarsYes, they do.1. It's been ten years since...2. Ten years have passed since
'been' is not present in sentence#1
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LeGion12359'been' is not present in sentence#1
Nor is 'passed' in sentence #2.
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LeGion12359'been' is not present in sentence#1
It needs to be (It has been....). I also overlooked the incorrect punctuation in the second sentence.
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Mister MicawberNor is 'passed' in sentence #2.
I think you misunderstood, I meant to say that sentence#1 doesn't contain the word 'been'.
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AlpheccaStarsIt needs to be (It has been....). I also overlooked the incorrect punctuation in the second sentence.
Thank you, that 'been' was confusing me and sorry for the punctuation, i did that in haste. By the way, I read that faulty sentence#1 in the EFL exercises section of this forum.
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AlpheccaStarsIt needs to be (It has been....). I also overlooked the incorrect punctuation in the second sentence.
Thank you, the absence of 'been' was confusing me and sorry for the punctuation, I did that in haste. By the way, I read that sentence#1 in the EFL exercises section of this forum.
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