It has been/It had been

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Tarkowsky  #431718  Wed, 17 Oct 07 11:56 AM

Hi,

I'd like to correct the following sentence.

   On June 17, I took a Baliwag bus to Cagayan Valley. It has been years that I had not had the chance to go to this 'amianan' part of the country even if I was born here.

What do you think about the below corrections?

a) On June 17, I took a Baliwag bus to Cagayan Valley. It had been years that I had not had the chance to go to this 'amianan' part of the country even if I had been born here.

b) On June 17, I took a Baliwag bus to Cagayan Valley. It had been years since I had had the chance to go to this 'amianan' part of the country even if I had been born here

  
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Marius Hancu  #431727  Wed, 17 Oct 07 12:34 PM
I think both work and are better than the original.
  
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