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I haven't seen her since ____.


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Tdol

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Which is the correct answer?
 

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The correct answer is I haven`t seen her since I arrived
 

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SINCE: IT WAS RAINING SINCE MORNING.
i HAVE BEEN LIVING IN INDIA SINCE 1992

THE ABOVE EXAMPLES ARE SOWN FOR CLEAR USAGE OF SINCE IN TWO VARIARTIONS.
 

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SINCE. MEANS BECAUSE. SIMPLE PAST TENSE IS USED TO DENOTE THE REASON BEFORE A NON DEFINE CLAUSE
 
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Could you not use upper case for a whole post- it makes things very difficult to read. Thanks.

PS IT WAS RAINING SINCE MORNING doesn't work.
 

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SINCE: IT WAS RAINING SINCE MORNING.
i HAVE BEEN LIVING IN INDIA SINCE 1992

THE ABOVE EXAMPLES ARE SOWN FOR CLEAR USAGE OF SINCE IN TWO VARIARTIONS.

The first sentence is wrong. It should be: It has been raining since morning.

But, you can say:
Since it was a rainy day, I could not go out.

Since is normally used with perfect tenses; it can also be used with no reference to time, as in the sentence above
 
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