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		throawayonthe on Aug 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bum Farto they mean at time of being declared legally dead (1986) it's been 10 years since he disappeared (1976)

bigstrat2003 on Aug 22, 2024 [–]

I'm pretty sure that the GP understood that, and was just being nitpicky about grammar. It's incorrect grammar to say "it has been 10 years" in this case.

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