Sunsus
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- Mar 26, 2010
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- Russian
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- Russian Federation
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- Russian Federation
Hello!
I was doing a grammar exercise the other day and got confused about using for/since in one particular sentence.
Here is one paragraph from the exercise (to provide you with context) :
Thirteen-year-old Ronnie Segal has loved math since he was a little boy. 'I have been interested in numbers for nine years, five months, and two days', says Ronnie. ___ the past year, Ronnie has attended graduate-level classes at the university. He hasn't done badly.
So I was supposed to put for or since in the blank. I put in since and turned out to be wrong)
And my questions:
1.Is it possible to use 'since' in this sentence (with the blank)? And how would it look like then?
2.Is it possible to use simple past (for instance: Last year Ronnie attended... )?
Thanks in advance!
I was doing a grammar exercise the other day and got confused about using for/since in one particular sentence.
Here is one paragraph from the exercise (to provide you with context) :
Thirteen-year-old Ronnie Segal has loved math since he was a little boy. 'I have been interested in numbers for nine years, five months, and two days', says Ronnie. ___ the past year, Ronnie has attended graduate-level classes at the university. He hasn't done badly.
So I was supposed to put for or since in the blank. I put in since and turned out to be wrong)
And my questions:
1.Is it possible to use 'since' in this sentence (with the blank)? And how would it look like then?
2.Is it possible to use simple past (for instance: Last year Ronnie attended... )?
Thanks in advance!