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Joseph A Posted 9 years ago
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Grammar

Hello everyone

Can we use "since" with past simple?

ex/ I started my new job since yesterday.

Kind regards

JA

  

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No. I started my new job since yesterday. I've been working at cleaning my oven since yesterday.

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  • I've been working at cleaning my oven since yesterday.
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No. 

I started my new job since yesterday. 
I've been working at cleaning my oven since yesterday.
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Joseph AI started my new job since yesterday.

It's not very idiomatic. You can say you started yesterday or you started today, so there seems to be no need for a "since" phrase at all.

But as for the main question, the pattern doesn't work in general.

I started my new job since last month is also unidiomatic. I'm inclined to say that if

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