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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Which one is correct?

It's been a long time since I have seen you.

or,

It's been a long time since I saw you.


Are both possible and do they mean the same?

  

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? It's been a long time since I have seen you. ?

— Anonymous

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  • It's been a long time since I have seen you.
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  • In this particular case, the usage of the present perfect simple after the conjunction 'since' is wrong .
  • This is a classic example of how to use the present perfect simple with past tenses when one wants to describe states that have continued since a time in the past.
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? It's been a long time since I have seen you. ?

? In this particular case, the usage of the present perfect simple after the conjunction 'since' is wrong.

This is a classic example of how to use the present

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AnonymousAre both possible and do they mean the same?

Yes, but the first sounds to my ear like the more commonly used version.

CJ

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