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Old 11-Dec-2006, 22:33
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Hello Hela

I don't see Philly on line, so will try to answer.

All the versions are fine, but the meanings are slightly different:

1. I feel/am feeling much better since I moved house.
2. I feel/am feeling much better now that I have moved.

— #1 uses the moving house as a time marker; but #2 suggests that moving house caused the "feeling much better".

1. I feel/am feeling much better since I moved house.
3. I have been feeling much better since I moved house.
— #1 focuses on "feeling much better" in the present; #3, in the recent past.

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Sorry for the delay, Hela.
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Thank you and have a very nice day
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