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Ansonguy Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Since ten years ago

I have made up the sentence below.

(1) I haven't done any driving since I got my driver's license ten years ago.

Almost all of my non-native English speaking friends think it's grammatically wrong to say "since + a time + ago" in the same phrase.

What is your opinion? Thank you very much.

  

Top answer

Your sentence is fine. The clause " since I got my driver's license " is grammatical. "ten years ago" is just an additional informative phrase.

  • Your sentence is fine.
  • The clause " since I got my driver's license " is grammatical.
  • "ten years ago" is just an additional informative phrase.
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Your sentence is fine.

The clause "since I got my driver's license" is grammatical. "ten years ago" is just an additional informative phrase.

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ansonguyAlmost all of my non-native English speaking friends think it's grammatically wrong to say "since + a time + ago" in the same phrase.

If you had written "since ten years ago", then yes, but not when you specify an action as you did with "I got my driver's license".

CJ

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