Usage of been/since

[Daemon99]

1) It's almost a year since we met.
2) It's been almost a year since we met.
3) It's almost been a year sincewe met.

Can some one please tell me if the above sentences are correct?
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[Alan]

Hi,

I think you need to keep 'almost' next to the word it qualifies and that's why I don't like 3).

Alan
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[Daemon99]

Thanks Alan.

By the way, is the first sentence OK? That looked a little odd to me (without been).
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I intend to live forever - so far, so good.

[Alan]

Hi,

Yes, both 1) and 2) are fine.

Alan
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