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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Dear teachers,
Hello! Thank you very mush for your support always.
I got another question.
Let's say it's 9:05 and you started to play the piano at 9:00,
means you have been playing the piano for 5 minutes.
In this case, wouldn't you say
1. "I have been playing the piano from nine o'clock."
and you would say
2, "I have been playing the piano since nine o'clock." ?
My grammar book says; "since" for perfective tense, do not use "from".
But is this really so?
Even the length of time is very very short,
if a sentence is written in perfective tense,
then we should use "since", not "from"?
If so, how would you feel when you see
a wrong sentence like sentence 1.?
Also I would like to have your judge on these three sentences.
3. "I have known her from my childhood." -----must be wrong
4. "I know her from my childhood."---------may be correct
5. "I have known her since my childhood."---------must be correct
Thanking you always,
blissfarm
Hello! Thank you very mush for your support always.
I got another question.
Let's say it's 9:05 and you started to play the piano at 9:00,
means you have been playing the piano for 5 minutes.
In this case, wouldn't you say
1. "I have been playing the piano from nine o'clock."
and you would say
2, "I have been playing the piano since nine o'clock." ?
My grammar book says; "since" for perfective tense, do not use "from".
But is this really so?
Even the length of time is very very short,
if a sentence is written in perfective tense,
then we should use "since", not "from"?
If so, how would you feel when you see
a wrong sentence like sentence 1.?
Also I would like to have your judge on these three sentences.
3. "I have known her from my childhood." -----must be wrong
4. "I know her from my childhood."---------may be correct
5. "I have known her since my childhood."---------must be correct
Thanking you always,
blissfarm
Top answer
2. "-- The usual, accepted way. 1.
- 2.
- "-- The usual, accepted way.
- 1.
- "-- Another way which some will not accept.
- My grammar book says; "since" for perfective tense, do not use "from".
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2. "I have been playing the piano since nine o'clock."-- The usual, accepted way.
1. "I have been playing the piano from nine o'clock."-- Another way which some will not accept.
My grammar book says; "since" for perfective tense, do not use "from". But is this really so?-- No, not really.
3. "I have known her from my childhood." -- Another way.
1. "I have been playing the piano from nine o'clock."-- Another way which some will not accept.
My grammar book says; "since" for perfective tense, do not use "from". But is this really so?-- No, not really.
3. "I have known her from my childhood." -- Another way.
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Dear Mister Micawber,
Thank you very much for your reply, and very sorry for my late reply.........
1. "I have been playing the piano from nine o'clock."-- Another way which some will not accept.
In this case, I have to ask two more questions.
How would you guess how the "some" people would feel
when they see this kind of sentence?
(Wo
Thank you very much for your reply, and very sorry for my late reply.........
1. "I have been playing the piano from nine o'clock."-- Another way which some will not accept.
In this case, I have to ask two more questions.
How would you guess how the "some" people would feel
when they see this kind of sentence?
(Wo
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How would you guess how the "some" people would feel
when they see this kind of sentence?-- They would feel it should be 'since'.
How much percentage would you think the "some" people account
in native English speakers?-- No idea. It is a grammar point, though, and few native speakers know any grammar points.
when they see this kind of sentence?-- They would feel it should be 'since'.
How much percentage would you think the "some" people account
in native English speakers?-- No idea. It is a grammar point, though, and few native speakers know any grammar points.
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