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loveydovey · #1 (**permalink**) 31-Oct-2007, 00:54

Please help! Is it proper to say " It's been only a week since I was away".or should I say " It's been a week that I was away?"

Barb_D · #2 (**permalink**) 31-Oct-2007, 01:01

Try this: I've only been away for a week.

2006 · #3 (**permalink**) 31-Oct-2007, 04:02

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Originally Posted by loveydovey

Please help! Is it proper to say " It's been only a week since I was away".or should I say " It's been a week that I was away?"

"It's been only a week since I was away." means that I was away, but now I have been back for only a week.

"It's been a week that I was away.' is not a good sentence; I don't know what it means.

Barb_D's sentence, 'I've only been away for a week.", means that I went away a week ago, and I am still away.

Barb_D · #4 (**permalink**) 01-Nov-2007, 00:33

Ah yes. I wasn't thinking of the other meanings that may have been intended.

I was only away for a week. I went away for a week and I am back now. -- one more possibility


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