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Thein Lwin 7291 Posted 11 years ago
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since or from

1. Helen Keller was blind and deaf from childhood.
2. Helen Keller was blind and deaf since childhood.
3. Helen Keller had been blind since childhood.
Please correct the sentence. Thanks a lot.
  

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Thein Lwin 7291 3. Helen Keller had been blind since childhood. Only this one is correct; the other two aren't.

— Laborious

  • Thein Lwin 7291 3.
  • Helen Keller had been blind since childhood.
  • Only this one is correct; the other two aren't.
  • 'Since + a point in the past (childhood)' in that situation requires the past perfect form, either before or after it.
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Thein Lwin 72913. Helen Keller had been blind since childhood.
Only this one is correct; the other two aren't. 'Since + a point in the past (childhood)' in that situation requires the past perfect form, either before or after it.
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#1 also looks correct to me.
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If so, What do you think of the sentence: Helen had been blind from childhood? Thanks again.
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Thein Lwin 7291If so, What do you think of the sentence: Helen had been blind from childhood? Thanks again.
That's fine (provided, of course, it is in a context where the past perfect is justified).
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She's dead. Saying "has been" doesn't work. #1 works.
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Laborious Thein Lwin 72913. Helen Keller had been blind since childhood.Only this one is correct; the other two aren't.
Wrong. 1 is correct and natural.
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fivejedjon1 is correct and natural.
Yes, I agree with you on that. I hadn't noticed 'from' in the OP's first sentence in his original post. I thought it, too, was since.
fivejedjonWrong
Are you suggesting that his/her last sentence is wrong? Hmmm... I thought we could use say things like "They had been married since, say, 1
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LaboriousAre you suggesting that his/her last sentence is wrong?
No. Your claim that the second was correct and the other two weren't was wrong.
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fivejedjon Laborious Thein Lwin 72913. Helen Keller had been blind since childhood.Only this one is correct; the other two aren't. Wrong. 1 is correct and natural.
1. Helen Keller was blind and deaf as a child.
2. Helen Keller was blind and deaf from childhood.
Do they mean the same? Thanks a lot.
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Thein Lwin 7291Do they mean the same?
No: #1 (however unlikely) suggests that she later recovered her sight and hearing.
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