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Wonder123 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

For or From

For/From the past few days she has been eating lots of pills to get her disease cured. We hope she will get well soon.

Which one should I use? For or From? I have seen for is most frequently used word. Does any use from too?

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Wonder123 Which one should I use? For Wonder123 Does any use from too? 'From' if used must refer to a point in time: From last Tuesday , she has been..

— Mister Micawber

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Wonder123Which one should I use?
For
Wonder123 Does any use from too?
'From' if used must refer to a point in time: From last Tuesday, she has been...
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Mister MicawberFrom' if used must refer to a point in time: From last Tuesday, she has been...
Ok we need to use from when we refer a specific time like day of the week, month of the year etc?
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Right—but any point in time, as 'From the first time I saw her....'
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We normally 'take' pills, not 'eat' them.
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Mister Micawber'From' if used must refer to a point in time: From last Tuesday, she has been...
We use from to refer specific point in time, and how about"for"? is it to refer any point of time in the past?
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Wonder123how about"for"? is it to refer any point of time in the past?
No: it introduces a span of time: for three days, for ten years, for most of my life.
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Ok please check the following sentence.

It was my plan to go for a music class for/from/since the past few months, but because of my busy job schedule I'm still unable to chase my dream.

It was my dream to build a beautiful horse from/since my childhood.

I have been working here for/from four days without taking rest but no one has came forward to appreciate or take par
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I have underlined some problem areas:

It was my plan to go for a music class for the past few months, but because of my busy job schedule I'm still unable to chase my dream.

It was my dream to build a beautiful horse since my childhood.

I have been working here for four days without taking rest but no one has came forward to a
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