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Grammar

Preposition – “For – Since” Lesson #3

By December 28, 2023No Comments

Since:

it is used for specific past time to the present, perhaps action continues up in the future.

Since is more often used in “Perfect & Perfect continuous tenses”

Examples:

  • I have been teaching English since 2019.
  • They have been married since 1998.
  • She has been studying English since her childhood.
  • Since Juila got married, I haven’t met her.

For:

it is used to describe a period of time such as 35 minutes, 5 weeks, or 5 years.

Examples:

  • I used to study for 50 minutes a day.
  • Ann hasn’t seen her parents for 10 years.
  • They have been teaching us for 3 weeks.
  • She lived in the USA for 4 months.

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