has come

[dido4]

1. Sam has come to New York for 5 years.
2. Sam hasn't come to New York for 5 years.

Q1. Which sentence is correct?
Q2. What's the difference between these two?

Thank you.

 

[5jj]

Both are possible, dido. What do you think they mean?

 

[dido4]

I made the sentences.
Is it OK to write the sentences like those two in present perfect by using have/has come?

 

[Tarheel]

I wrote the sentences.

What do they mean to you?

 

[dido4]

1. Sam has stayed in New York for 5 years.
2. Sam didn't come to New York for 5 years.

 

[Tarheel]

1. Sam has lived in New York for five years.

The original doesn't make sense to me, but that one does.

2. Sam didn't come to New York for five years.

That one might make sense in the right context.

OK.

 

[5jj]

The most likely situations referred to are:

1. Sam has come to New York for five years.
Same recently arrived in New York. His plan is to remain in New York for the next five years.

2. Sam hasn't come to New York for five years.
The last time Sam came to New York was five years ago.

Other situations are possible. We need more context to be sure.