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Grape cobra Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Tenses

It's ages since we ........

It's been ages since we ........ from Dave

Whenever the word "since" appears i have been blindly using perfect tense but the answers given to above questions in some website were in past tense .Please someone explain

  

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Past tense is used in the 'since' clause; present perfect appears in the main clause. It has been ages since we danced. I have been dancing since I arrived.

  • Past tense is used in the 'since' clause; present perfect appears in the main clause.
  • It has been ages since we danced.
  • I have been dancing since I arrived.
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Past tense is used in the 'since' clause; present perfect appears in the main clause.

It has been ages since we danced.

I have been dancing since I arrived.

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