dharanija35
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I would like to know when we should use the word "Since" and the word "from"
Dharanija
Dharanija
I would like to know when we should use the word "Since" and the word "from"
Dharanija
Hi,
I may be wrong, but the problem for ESLs resides where they overlap:
since/from Monday, early morning, 2 o’clock etc. Are they sometimes interchangeable? :roll:
Tnx
Thanks, RonBee,
So since is alone and from goes together with till?
Thanks, RonBee.
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Yes, that's plausible.- "The telegraph office was in operation since June 1879"?
No. Perhaps:- "John Smith was appointed as a Chief Telegraph Office since Nov 1879"?
Thank you very much RonBee!
I didn't know that present perfect tense can be used to describe past state of the subject as in your second example:
"John Smith has been Chief Telegraph Officer since Nov. 1879"
Our English teacher tells us that present perfect cannot be used to express past action or state.
Could you give me a clue?
Well, the present perfect is about the past and it is about the present. It says that such and such a thing has been going on in the past and it is still going on now. (For a definition of the present perfect, consult this site's grammar glossary.)
If you use the present perfect here it implies that John Smith is still Chief Telegraph Officer. This is unlikely as it would make him at least 150 years old.;-)