Learn English – It has been three years since & It is three years since

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  1. It has been three years since Vick decided to give new life to old waste materials by re-creating them into sculptures and installations.
  2. It is three years since Vick decided to give new life to old waste materials by re-creating them into sculptures and installations.

Which sentence sound natural?

Best Answer

(1) is probably more natural, and is certainly more general. (2) seems to emphasize the present-historic tense to the extreme - I will definitely expect to be right there in the room in which this statement is true, in the following sentences.

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