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I'm 30 years old I'm 30 years old since few days ago and I still can't get used to it, what a nightmare! Each year is another nail in my coffin. I realized that when I started editing my profile and saw that it had been saying "29 years old". Questions: is the use of "had been" correct in this context? Because I'm not 29 anymore.

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I'm 30 years old

I'm 30 years old since few days ago and I still can't get used to it, what A few days ago, I turned 30 years old. Since then I have not been able to get used to it. It has been a nightmare! Each year is another nail in my coffin. I realized that this when I started editing my profile and saw that it had been saying "29 years old".

Questions: is the use of "had been" correct in this context? Because I'm not 29 anymore.

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Hi Eliseo - I understand everything you are saying in your post, but it will be better to re-write parts of it to make it "flow" better. See above.

For "had been" - if you are trying to say that your profile is currently still saying "29 years old", then you should say "it still says 29 years old" or "it continues to say 29 years old." "had been saying 29 years old" seems to mean that it was previously saying it, but now it does not anymore.

I'm I turned 30 years old since a few days ago and I still can't get used to it,. What what a nightmare! Each year is another nail in my coffin. I realized that when I started editing my profile and saw that it had been saying "29 years old". Questions: is the use of "had been" correct in this context? Because I'm not 29 anymore.

Thanks to everyone for your corrections and support! Keitren you are right and I agree with you. I haven't thought about that. Thanks again for your support :)

Sorry, I meant past perfect tense.

Yes, you can say 'it had been saying' because you are using the present perfect tense and because you are realizing in the present what the profile is saying it does work, but its a bit akward. This might be better: I realized it still said I was 29 years old.

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