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Haddie Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Which one?

1) Ever since I was a little girl, my father is / has been the world to me.
2) It is so long since we went / have been to a movie.
3) It had been months since she stopped / had stopped returning his calls.
Which of the two options are grammatically correct in the above sentences?
Is there any fixed rule about the tenses that follow "since"?
  

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1) Ever since I was a little girl, my father has been the world to me. 2) It is/has been so long since we went to/ watched a movie. 3) It had been months since she stopped / had stopped returning his calls.

— Vsuresh

  • 1) Ever since I was a little girl, my father has been the world to me.
  • 2) It is/has been so long since we went to/ watched a movie.
  • 3) It had been months since she stopped / had stopped returning his calls.
  • This is uttered in the past .
  • Is there any fixed rule about the tenses that follow "since"?
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1) Ever since I was a little girl, my father has been the world to me.
2) It is/has been so long since we went to/ watched a movie.
3) It had been months since she stopped / had stopped returning his calls.
This is uttered in the past.
HaddieWhich of the two options are grammatically correct in the above sente
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vsuresh3) It had been months since she stopped / had stopped returning his calls. This is uttered in the past.
Actually, it's uttered in the present about the past. For any speaker who is uttering anything, it's the present for him.
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Got it. Thank you,CJ.
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