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In recent days, life has been....

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subhajit123

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Is the following sentence correct?

In recent days, life has been very hard for me. :)
 

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Really? So why the smiley face?;-)

Your sentence is correct.
 

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Really? So why the smiley face?;-)

Your sentence is correct.

If I say 'In recent days my life was very hard for me', Is that make any sense? In this case I want to mean that my life was hard a day or a few days ago but the hard time has now gone.


:?:
 

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In that case you should have used the simple past, like you just have in your explanation, rather than the present perfect which suggests that things are still hard for you.
 

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If I say 'In recent days my life was very hard for me', [strike]Is[/strike] does that make any sense? In this case I want to mean that my life was hard a day or a few days ago but the hard time has now gone.
See above. Never capitalize words within sentences except for proper nouns, the word "I", acronyms, or the first word of a sentence within quotation marks.
 
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