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Mkyol  +  485145 Wed, 05 Mar 08 05:50 AM

Does "it has been a long time since I had last eaten" have the same meaning as "it has been a long time since I last ate"?

 
Mkyol
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CalifJim  +  485160 Wed, 05 Mar 08 06:47 AM
First you have to fix the grammar.  Then compare.

It has been a long time since I have eaten is about the same in meaning as It has been a long time since I ate.

(You can add the last in both if you want, but it's basically unnecessary.) 

CJ 
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Marius Hancu  +  485227 Wed, 05 Mar 08 10:39 AM
It has been a long time since I have eaten

or similar is many time reduced by using tense simplification in the subordinate (see Swan) to

It has been a long time since I ate.
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Mkyol, 1 yr 263 days ago

Ok thanks for the help people, and thanks for the tense simplification reference.

 

 

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