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Efsun_42 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

'for'' 'since'

hi everybody.

i want to certain differences between since and for...i know where i use them but i can not explain to my students clearly.How can separate them from each other when i teach to my kids?

please send me your ideas...

tnx
  

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hi, "for" is used when you are talking about a lump sum of time. , 1. We have been friends for a long time .

— Banu82in

  • hi, "for" is used when you are talking about a lump sum of time.
  • , 1.
  • We have been friends for a long time .
  • 2.
  • We have known each other for a decade .
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hi, "for" is used when you are talking about a lump sum of time. E.g.,

1. We have been friends for a long time.

2. We have known each other for a decade.

3. John has been absent from school for 3 days now.

If you know the exact year or date when you became friends with someone and that friendship is still continuing, you rephrase t
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Hi,

very simple "for" is used for period of time but it doesn't show particular time

But "Since "is also used for period of time but it shows particular time.

Examples :

He is playing for two hours means he is playing for two hours but we don't know the particular time from 2 am to 4 pm like that

He is playing since morning means he is still playing fr
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hi efsun m Ali hassan i am sajection for u u r use any grammer book but ur closed friend & any relative & person most immportant help in u r talking any person only english.

Khuda Hafiz

Ali Hassan
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Hi,

Another way of using these words is as follows.

Tom ate lunch, since he was hungry,

Tom ate lunch, for he was hungry.



I assume this was not what you were asking about?



Best wishes, Clive,
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ok banu tnx.but one of my student asked very different question:)) at that time i stucked. u know turkish sentences are different from english. some sentences in turkish cant be explained clearly when we compare with english:))

tnx again...
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no i didnt mean that meaning.

bye the way are they the same meaning in your sentences?
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yeah this is siple in understanding but teaching is more different and diffucult.

casue the students analyse and stuck at any sentence very much:) one of my student asked very different question:)) at that time i stucked. i dont know u know or not about turkish language.

turkish sentences are different from english. some sentences in turkish cant be explained clearly when we com
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asalamunaleykum Ali.tnx

u know teaching is diiffcult.and by the way turkish grammer is very different from english so sometimes i get diffuculty in explaining some grammer subject clearly.

i got the some answers to my question

thx again

May Khuda always be with you...
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