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Teleostomi Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Can we use "since" with the perfect tense?



Have you seen any movie stars since you've been living here?

Can it be breaking a grammar rule if I use "since" with the perfect tense like above?
  

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It is OK here. Although since usually indicates a past point in time, it can also indicate an activity which started in the past and is continuing to the present. I have suffered no more insomnia since I have been taking a glass of sherry before bed.
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Dear Marius and Mister Mic,

Do you think there's a slightest chance that the "since" can be intended as the same meaning as "because"? Or is it inevitably "the time from which"?
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0 Some of the hits are definitely based on that. 0-
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