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Hanuman_2000 Posted 12 years ago
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Hello,

1. I have not seen her since I left school 3 years ago.

I want to know whether the simple past tense after the word "since" can have the adverbial of time like (ago ) as written above.

Thanks.
  

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hanuman_2000 Hello,1. Thanks. Yes, you can have "three years ago" in your sentence.

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  • Yes, you can have "three years ago" in your sentence.
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hanuman_2000Hello,1. I have not seen her since I left school 3 years ago.I want to know whether the simple past tense after the word "since" can have the adverbial of time like (ago ) as written above.Thanks.
Yes, you can have "three years ago" in your sentence.

CJ
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Hi, Hanuman,

As you may already know that we can use a present perfect tense with a simple past tense (following 'since') to show that a situation has continued from a certain point (this could be expressed by an event/action at a particular time in the past or by a specific time in the past) in the past.

I have not seen her since I left school 3 years ago. (I
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"Since" is qualifying "I left school" and "I left school" is qualifying "3 years ago". You could not have, "I have not seen her since 3 years ago".
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