A perplexing sentence
I have visited my uncle ______ the last month.
a) since b) for
I go for 'b'. Is this sentence a meaningful one?
Top answer
I have visited my uncle for ____ the last month. This is not wrong, but it sounds better if you say eg I have been visiting my uncle _ for_ ____ the last month. The continuous tense stresses that this is a temporary activity and is still happening.
- I have visited my uncle for ____ the last month.
- This is not wrong, but it sounds better if you say eg I have been visiting my uncle _ for_ ____ the last month.
- The continuous tense stresses that this is a temporary activity and is still happening.
- You could also say eg I have visited my uncle in the last month.
- This sounds like an activity that was completed on one or more than one occasions.
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I have visited my uncle for____ the last month. This is not wrong, but it sounds better if you say
eg I have been visiting my uncle _for_____ the last month. The continuous tense stresses that this is a temporary activity and is still happening.
You could also say eg I have visited my uncle in the last month. This sounds like an activity that was
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