from/since/own

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HiIs it possible to say: It's a little shop of my own instead of It's my own little shop.Can I use both: From Monday to Friday AND Since Monday to Friday.Thanks

Cool Breeze · Accepted Answer

1. Yes, if you have several shops.
2. No.
CB

Newguest · Answer

Cool Breeze 1. Yes, if you have several shops.

2. No.

CB

Hi

Several shops?

So, I guess that the one with "from" IS correct?

Cool Breeze · Answer

NewguestSo, I guess that the one with "from" IS correct?

Yes. Sorry that I forgot to mention it.

CB

Newguest · Answer

Hi

But I still do not get why I have to have several shops to say that. I go with my friend and we pass by my shop where I work and then I tell him: Look this is my own little shop and I'm very proud that I have it (where does it imply that I have more shops than only this one???)

Regarding the second question: Why is "since" incorrect? We can use it only with the present tenses???

Thanks

Cool Breeze · Answer

1. The use of the indefinite article implies that more than one shop are involved. On second thought, I'm trying to envisage a conversation with "it's a little shop of my own"...

Perhaps it could be used even if you have only one. People don't always go by the book (= the grammar book

) when they speak and write.
For example, it says in all grammar books that the combination the ... + of one's own is wrong. In other words, we shouldn't say: This is the car of my own. Yet an English pop singer called Cliff Richard sold a million records (or more, I don't know) singing:
And some day when the years have flown
darling, then we'll teach the young ones of our own.
- The Young Ones
2. You can say from Monday to/till/until Friday. Since instead of from is wrong simply because native speakers don't use it with to/till/until. It has nothing to do with tense. There is no verb in your original example.
CB

Newguest · Answer

Thanks. I think I understand it now <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/5.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/5.gif' alt='Emotion: wink'/>

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