zuotengdazuo
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Let's start with such a sentence.
It's been feeling fresher since it rained.
This above sentence is natural. But it's ambiguous.
It can mean it started feeling fresher the instant the rain began. Or it can mean it started feeling fresher 10 minutes after the rain started. Or it can mean it started feeling fresher as soon as it stopped raining.
Do you agree? If you do, then we can move on.
The sentence 'I haven't been stressed out since I worked in that factory' is natural. A native speaker told me so.
To me this sentence is almost the same as 'She hasn't had a day of sickness since she worked at that company'. But this one is unnatural.
To me, both these two sentences are as ambiguous as 'It's been feeling fresher since it rained.' But the former one works well while the latter doesn't.
Would you please tell me why?
Here I provide a diagram showing the time frame of since-clause.
This is the timeframe of 'since + simple past(durative verbs)':
Something(A) started at time X in the past. Then it stopped at time Y. Some condition(B) has prevailed between X or Y and now. (B) may have prevailed between X and now, or between Y and now, or something in between.
PS: I already knew B4 is not possible.
Please tell me the nuances.
Thank you dear teachers.
It's been feeling fresher since it rained.
This above sentence is natural. But it's ambiguous.
It can mean it started feeling fresher the instant the rain began. Or it can mean it started feeling fresher 10 minutes after the rain started. Or it can mean it started feeling fresher as soon as it stopped raining.
Do you agree? If you do, then we can move on.
The sentence 'I haven't been stressed out since I worked in that factory' is natural. A native speaker told me so.
To me this sentence is almost the same as 'She hasn't had a day of sickness since she worked at that company'. But this one is unnatural.
To me, both these two sentences are as ambiguous as 'It's been feeling fresher since it rained.' But the former one works well while the latter doesn't.
Would you please tell me why?
Here I provide a diagram showing the time frame of since-clause.
This is the timeframe of 'since + simple past(durative verbs)':
Something(A) started at time X in the past. Then it stopped at time Y. Some condition(B) has prevailed between X or Y and now. (B) may have prevailed between X and now, or between Y and now, or something in between.
PS: I already knew B4 is not possible.
Please tell me the nuances.
Thank you dear teachers.
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