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Old 03-Dec-2006, 05:54
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Default Re: since + past tenses

Dear Dr. J.I.,

According to what you have just said (in # 3 & 4), I don't understand your earlier point:
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Since usually introduces the departure point of time. Such a point of time can only be past simple and not present perfect:
It has been been a long time since I saw her.

I don't deny that some people use present perfect which to my taste is wrong.
Would you accept now the sentence:"It has been a long time since I HAVE SEEN her"?

One more thing, in the sentence "she doesn't phone since she got married", isn't "since" a conjunction?

All the best,
Hela
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