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Jani.gogolak Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

As of v. since

Hi,
can you tell me why is the sentence "As of June 2001, our currency is fully convertible" better than "the same sentence beginning with "Since June 2001 ..."?
Thanks, Jani
  

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Welcome to EF, Jani! In my opinion, "as of" indicates that something starts to happen on a particular day (or month/year). "As of", unlike "since" works well with Simple Present.

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  • Welcome to EF, Jani!
  • In my opinion, "as of" indicates that something starts to happen on a particular day (or month/year).
  • "As of", unlike "since" works well with Simple Present.
  • "Since" usually goes with Present Perfect.
  • I haven't seen him since 2005/(the war etc).
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Welcome to EF, Jani!

In my opinion, "as of" indicates that something starts to happen on a particular day (or month/year). "As of", unlike "since" works well with Simple Present. "Since" usually goes with Present Perfect.

I haven't seen him since 2005/(the war etc).

The original sentence can be rewritten to use "since"

Our currency has been fully convertible si
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Thanks a lot. And I'm thrilled by the quickness of the answer Emotion: surprise.
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This is about correct verb tense and actually what you have written in incorrect.

"As of June 2001, our currency is fully convertible" better than "the same sentence beginning with "Since June 2001 ..."?

You need to use the past perfect or future perfect, so

"As of June 2001, our currency will be fully convertible"

"Since
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