Yes.Could I use the present perfect and the past simple as in "Since there's been no internet access,I couldn't get online." ?
Present Perfect tells us that there is still no access to the internet? If not, what else does it tell us?
What if there's internet access now but I used the present perfect instead of the past simple to extend a point in the past to the moment of speaking and emphasize that there was no internet access.
Or does it mean that there's still no internet access?
I think it is possible to use past simple instead of present perfect but then the sentence would meant that there was no access to the internet in the past. Present Perfect suggests that there is still no access, this tense has its reference to the present.
As I wrote above, I believe that there is still no internet access, but I'm not exactly sure about it.
Could I use the present perfect and the past simple as in "Since there's been no internet access,I couldn't get online." ?
I believe that "since" states the reason because after that there is the result = "I couldn't get online".
The answer to that specific question from this teacher is that that utterance is unnatural. If you mean "I have become able to speak French fluently (only) since I arrived in France", then say it; or consider: "I can speak French fluently now. This has happened (only) since my arrival / during my time in France".If I say "Since I've been in France,I could speak French fluently.",would you say that I'm still in France? I suggest we wait for an answer from teachers.
Present Perfect tells us that there is still no access to the internet? If not, what else does it tell us?
"Since there's been no internet access,I couldn't get online."
This means "Because there has been no no internet access I couldn't get online".
Oohh. Right. Now I get it. Thanks.
If there is still no internet access and you want to use since as a time reference:
Since there has been no internet access, I have been unable to get online.
This means that you have been unable to get online from the time that the internet connection crashed until right now. The first half of the sentence though, is not entirely natural. I would be more likely to say:
Since the net crashed, I have been unable to get online.
Since we lost our internet connection, I have been unable to get online.
No. Context!So the guideline is "Since + the past simple, the present perfect"?
No. Context!
He has become more intolerant since I've known him
He's become more intolerant since I first met him.
The school has become a nicer place since he's been here.
The school has become a nicer place since he arrived.
If I used 'odds' to mean 'ham', and if I used 'ends' to mean 'eggs', and if somebody gave me some odds and ends, and if I had been hungry, I suppose it's possible that I wouldn't be hungry for much longer - unless I decided that 'odds' could mean something different from 'ham', if I so chose. Not to mention the 'ends', so I won't.