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present perfect or not

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Y.I.

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Hello! Could you help me, please! When I use this sentence, I know that I have some mistakes. "[FONT=&quot]My family has opened our own restaurant 15 years ago". But I don't know what is wrong. Could you explain me please.
A lot of thx.
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We don't use a past time marker with the present perfect.

My family have run our own restaurant for 15 years/since 1998.
My family opened our own restaurant 15 years ago/in 1998.

ps. Welcome to the forum. :hi:
 
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m-m-m... it's clear. Thank you!:)
 
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