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Usage of been/since #1 (permalink) Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:21 am   Usage of been/since
 

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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Usage of been/since #2 (permalink) Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:37 am   Usage of been/since
 

Hi,

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

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Usage of been/since #3 (permalink) Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:40 am   Usage of been/since
 

Thanks Alan.

By the way, is the first sentence OK? That looked a little odd to me (without been).
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Usage of been/since #4 (permalink) Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:18 am   Usage of been/since
 

Hi,

Yes, both 1) and 2) are fine.

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