It's two years since I smoked.
It's two years since I smoked.
It's two years since I have smoked.
It's two years since I begin to smoke.

What's the meaning of each sentence？Why？And how about the sentence “It's two years since I lived here‘’.

Question

It's two years since I smoked.
It's two years since I smoked.
It's two years since I have smoked.
It's two years since I begin to smoke.
  
What's the meaning of each sentence？Why？And how about the sentence “It's two years since I lived here‘’.

Answer

None of the sentences are correct.  I found the original quote only on Chinese-language websites, so that should tell you to be cautious.

"It's been two years since I last smoked."

This is the correct sentence. Don't bother about the others.

Answer

'it's two years since I smoked' would usually be used with 'last'- It is two years since I last smoked.
'It's two years since I have smoked' isn't technically correct.
'It's two years since I begin to smoke' should be 'It's two years since I began to smoke. 'Begin' is present tense.

'It's two years since i lived here' is absolutely fine.

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