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I haven't seen my family for three years (now). Should I say "It's been three long years since I haven't seen my family" or "it's been three long years since I last saw my family" or "It's" in the simple present instead of "It's been"? Can you suggest me the best way to put it?

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  • Regarding your final question, both it's and it's been are fine.
    – Ronald Sole
    Commented Feb 27, 2020 at 13:56

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As since (unlike for) demands a point in time, the second variant is correct, because "seeing the familiy for the last time" is a point in time, which lies in the past.

You could use I haven't seen my family in a sentence like

It's been three long years that I haven't seen my family.

Here not seeing the family and running of time would be two prolonged simultaneous processes.

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