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PreciousJones Posted 16 years ago
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I've been in

Please proofread this sentence for me.

I've been in Mississippi(for) a year and I'm really getting used to the slow pace lifestyle rather than the fast pace crowded life of New York.

Do I have to include (for)?
  

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PreciousJones Please proofread this sentence for me. I've been in Mississippi (for) a year and I'm really getting used to the slow pace lifestyle rather than the fast pace crowded life of New York. Do I have to include (for) ?

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PreciousJonesPlease proofread this sentence for me.

I've been in Mississippi(for) a year and I'm really getting used to the slow pace lifestyle rather than the fast pace crowded life of New York.

Do I have to include (for)?


I do think you have to, at least in formal written English, because your first sentence is in present