Is it correct to say it has been a while?

“It’s been a while” is only correct when the apostrophe is included. The apostrophe must be used because it shows where letters have been removed. Explanation provided by a TextRanch English expert.

Has been a while since meaning?

it has been a while (since we’ve spoken): it has been quite a long time, a lot of time has passed, it’s been ages (since we’ve spoken) idiom.

How do you use its been a while in a sentence?

If you take out the apostrophes you can write: It has been a while since I have sat at a dinner table together with a family. It has been a while since I sat at a dinner table together with a family.

How do you say it’s been a long time since?

It’s been a long time since I heard from you. = I haven’t heard from you for a long time. So we can say that It’s been a long time since I heard from you= I haven’t heard from you for a long time.

How do you reply to it’s been a while?

The positive reply is usually Good, thanks, often followed by a similar question. In the UK people may say Yeah, good, thanks, and in the US people may say Real good, thanks. (You might notice that the grammatically correct Really well, thanks is not used very much in informal spoken English.)

Which is correct it’s been awhile or it’s been a while?

it is: “It’s been a while” Awhile is an adverb, and a while is a noun phrase.

Has been a long time since we last met?

The first one is correct. That has a contraction, which expands to: It has been a long time since we last met. The word “it’s” most commonly refers to “it is”, but it can also refer to “it has”, such as the case we are looking at here.

Can you say it’s been a while?

When to Use Awhile and When to Use A While When something hasn’t happened for a long time, we say that it’s been a while. If something takes very long to happen, we say it takes quite a while. Something that happened a long time ago might have happened a while ago.

How do you reply to it’s been a long time?

You can say “No problem” or you can say “It has been a while, hasn’t it?” or “No problem – I know you’ve been busy.” Or you could just skip right over that part and answer the rest of the email.

How do you write it’s been a long time?

Basically, “It’s a long time” is “It is a long time” and present tense as far as I’m concerned; and “It’s been a long time is “it has been a long time” and past tense. Roniy: you need to use past tense or future. If it’s been a long time since you were at school, that was in the past.

When to use ” it’s been a while since I’ve “?

It’s been a while since I sat at a dinner table together with a family. To my knowledge, the 2nd one should be grammatically correct but often hear the 1st one “It’s been a while since I’ve ~”.

Is it been a while since we’ve met?

“It’s been a while since we’ve met.” Is the latter one even correct? I’ve noticed they use it a lot in AE. E.g. I found this at www.quickanddirtytricks.com:

When do you Say It has been a while since X?

That way, by saying “It has been a while since X”, we refer to some point in the past–but the action of keeping in touch was taking place earlier, which is why the tense would have to be changed from present to past perfect. (I was set on explaining to myself why I chose this particular tense and managed to recreate this convoluted logic.

When to say it’s been a while since we had / had been in touch?

Fast-forward two years to the present, the speaker wants to renew his friendship. At this stage, he may rightly say that, “It’s been a while since…”, because he will be referring to a process which started in the past, when the contact stopped, and has been going on till now.