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Joeviee Posted 21 years ago
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0 Can anyone please clear my doubts. 02br
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00If i'd like to ask a friend how many years he has been living in a country, can i say, " How 02br
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00many years it has been since you live in Sweden?" OR " How many years you have been 02br
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00living in Sweden?," OR "How many years you have lived in Sweden already?,". 02br
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00In my own way of saying in an informal conversation, i'd say "How many 02br
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00years already you have been living in Sweden?" I'm not sure if it sounds natural to native 02br
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00speakers? 02br
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00Another question, if i say " I don't know we would be such a good friend 02br
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00at/in/from beginning?" Which one is a more appropriate preposition to use in this context. 02br
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00Many thanks. 0-
  

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0 01blockquote 00how many years he has been living in a country12blockquote 12br 02br 00You have used the correct verb form in your question, joeviee. " this means that your friend no longer lives in Sweden, and you are asking him when he left the country. 02br 02br 02br 00The other 2 are not well constructed.

— Abbie1948

  • 0 01blockquote 00how many years he has been living in a country12blockquote 12br 02br 00You have used the correct verb form in your question, joeviee.
  • " this means that your friend no longer lives in Sweden, and you are asking him when he left the country.
  • 02br 02br 02br 00The other 2 are not well constructed.
  • "12blockquote 12br 02br 02br 00You need to use the past simple here; 01b 00"I didn't know"02b 00 because you are speaking of the past.
  • 01b 00Now02b 00 (present) you know that you are friends, but you met in the past, and at that time you 01b 00didn't02b 00 know.
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00how many years he has been living in a country12blockquote
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00You have used the correct verb form in your question, joeviee. 02br
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01b00"How many years have you been living in Sweden?"02b02br
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00If you say " How many years it has been since you live in S
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0 Re: "How many years it has been since you live in Sweden?" 02br
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00Should be, "How many years HAS IT been since you LIVED in Sweden?" or am I wrong, Abbie? 0-
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0Sounds right to me, Temico. 05002br
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00Depending on what message Joeviee wants to convey, of course. Joeviee, is your friend still in Sweden? 010id1
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0 Or maybe "how many years 01b00has it02b00 been since..."? 02br
00So, 02br
00"how many years has it been since you live in Sweden? " = "you" still lives there 02br
00"how many years has it been since you lived in Sweden?" = "you" doesn't live there anymore 0-
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0 Hi guys, 02br
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00"how many years has it been since you live in Sweden? " = "you" still lives there 02br
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00'Since' here refers to a point in the past. 02br
00Instead, say 02br
00"how many years has it been since you came to Sweden? " 02br
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00"how many years ha
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0No you are not wrong, temico - you are absolutely right! I copied and pasted, and forgot to change it.050010id6
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0 Yes Julai. My friend still lives in Sweden:) 0-
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0 Hi Clive, 02br
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00Yes, i think you are right about the use of 'came' in that context. Thank you for your opinion. 0-
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0 Hello Abbie, 02br
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00Thanks for clearing my doubts. By the way, is this sentence acceptable in a conversation 02br
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00between friends, "How many years already have you been living in Sweden"? 02br
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00Is the word 'already' necessary here? 02br
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00Thanks:) 0-
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0 No, joeviee. You don't need "already". 02br
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00You can also say "how many years have you lived in Sweden" 02br
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00or "how long have you lived in Sweden" 0-
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