Timeline for "It has been revised 6 times" vs "It was revised 6 times"
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| Apr 4, 2021 at 9:56 | vote | accept | Daniel | ||
| Apr 4, 2021 at 9:15 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | It's not a question of how 'common' the expression is - it conveys the idea that the document is not expected to be revised again, which doesn't fit with the second phrase about the 'current' version. | |
| Apr 4, 2021 at 8:37 | comment | added | Daniel | Is it still possible for a native English speaker to use the simple past here: "It was revised 6 times, with the current version being November 2020". In other words, does this sentence strike you as being non natural, non common? | |
| Apr 4, 2021 at 7:42 | history | answered | Kate Bunting | CC BY-SA 4.0 |