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Joe2012 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Since or from ?

Sentence: "I love being a contrarian, have been one from/since the time I began trading and it has yielded me a good result, my contrarian instincts tell me he would prove guiltless in this"

My question: Which preposition, from or since, would be appropriate in the sentence ?

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Top answer

Both work for me, but if I had to choose I'd go with "from". The second comma looks like a comma splice.

— Mr Wordy

  • Both work for me, but if I had to choose I'd go with "from".
  • The second comma looks like a comma splice.
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4 Answers
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Both work for me, but if I had to choose I'd go with "from".

The second comma looks like a comma splice.
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My instincts are a bit different from Mr Wordy's. I'm partial to since the time in those constructions, though I too accept either preposition.

CJ
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My instincts are also inclined to "since" lol Emotion: wink
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