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momoko23I've started studying Japanese since last yearThat is clumsy and mixed up. You could instead write: I started studying Japanese last year, or, I've been studying Japanese since last year.
Anonymous momoko23I've started studying Japanese since last yearThat is clumsy and mixed up. You could instead write: I started studying Japanese last year, or, I've been studying Japanese since last year.The original sentence is possible. It does not mean the same as your two suggestions.
Anonymous momoko23I've started studying Japanese since last yearThat is clumsy and mixed up. You could instead write: I started studying Japanese last year, or, I've been studying Japanese since last year.It's a case of someone mixing up the possibility of saying that they started doing (whatever it is) at a certain time and that they've been doing (whatever
AnonymousThe person who wrote it was obviously confused.Not necessarily. Take off the blinkers and consider the possibilities.