The first one, if you put a full stop at the end.Hi, I'd like to know which sentence is OK
Thanks.
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1) It's been a while since I've heard from you
2) It's been a while since I heard from you
The second also works, but is better with an adverb, "It's been a while since I heard from you last." - unless you've only heard from this person once.Hi, I'd like to know which sentence is ok
Thanks.
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1) It's been a while since I've heard from you
2) It's been a while since I heard from you
The second also works, but is better with an adverb, "It's been a while since I heard from you last." - unless you've only heard from this person once.
"Ever since" means at every point of time from then until now.Example:
It's been ages since the last time we talked.
Is the above sentence correct?
Yes it is.
And whenever we use the word 'last' in a sentence,then we have to use simple past tense with it?
No, sometimes the past perfect is possible. But this would be comparatively rare.
And which tense do we use with "ever since"?
Usually the simple past.
Example:He has changed a lot ever since.(Is it correct?)
No. "He has changed a lot since then."
Thanks.
"Ever since" means at every point of time from then until now.
"He has been getting fatter ever since his divorce" Correct.
"He has changed a lot since his divorce." Correct.
* "He has changed a lot ever since his divorce" Wrong
I just have.Could you please explain to me the difference between 'ever since' and 'since then'.
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Hi Raymott/teachers, I am wondering that why you said it "would be" ... in this case.
I also saw a lot of people use "would + bare infinitive" in daily conversation. what it really means and when to use it.
Moreover, what is different btw "would + bare infinitive" and "would have + V3". Pls help to make them clear with some examples.
Thanks in advance.
P/s: I 'd like to say sorry to step in like this but I think it is somehow acceptable and usefull for others.
I said, "This would be comparatively rare" because it's conditional. I meant "If I looked up the corpora ... If I did a study on this." Also, "If somebody actually said this ...""
Hi Raymott/teachers, I am wondering that why you said it "would be" ... in this case.
I also saw a lot of people use "would + bare infinitive" in daily conversation. what it really means and when to use it.
Moreover, what is different btw "would + bare infinitive" and "would have + V3". Pls help to make them clear with some examples.
Thanks in advance.
P/s: I 'd like to say sorry to step in like this but I think it is somehow acceptable and usefull for others.
It is a way of saying "It is comparatively rare", when you don't have the statistics to back up that statement, but you're pretty sure it's true.
Your further questions are unrelated to this thread. You should post a new thread for a new topic.
I also saw a lot of people use "would + bare infinitive" in daily conversation. what it really means and when to use it.
Jimmy,
If you will check the list of threads this morning, you will see a thread
entitled WOULD. If you click it on, the posts in that thread may answer
some of your questions re: would + bare infintive.
Could you please post that link over here.
I tried to search that thread but could not find it.
I would be very grateful if you could post it over here.
It's the tenth post down from the top of the first page of the "Ask a Teacher" forum.Could you please post that link over here.
I tried to search that thread but could not find it.
I would be very grateful if you could post it over here.
I said, "This would be comparatively rare" because it's conditional. I meant "If I looked up the corpora ... If I did a study on this." Also, "If somebody actually said this ..."
Raymott, if you said it is conditional, type 2 of If clause named "Untrue in the present/future", isn't it? So you mean that this truly isn't comparative rare, don't you? It kind of doesn't make sense when it is supposed to be that you are pretty sure it is true.
By the way, I've just made a new thread about this issue. Hope everyone to help me out.Thanks ;-)