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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Since - The final truth

Hello, could someone check these and tell me if anybody ever say them? Comments are appreciated.

  1. It's been a week since I saw my friends.

  2. It's been a week since I've seen my friends.

  3. It's been a week since I've graduated.

  4. I've been singing since I've been able to speak.

  5. I've been crying since you've been gone.

  6. I've been cheating on you since I've known you.

  7. I've been playing basketball all days since I've been out of the hospital.

  8. I've bought a lot of clothes since I've been using my stupid boyfriend's credit card.

  9. I've been having nightmares since I've been living here.

  10. I've seen your girlfriend only once since I've been here in Los Angeles.
I think only the third is not correct, the others are ok, maybe some of them break some meaningless grammar rules, but they're ok. That's why this thread is "the final truth." Thank you.

Stewie Griffin
  

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Hi Stewie, My personal preference is to avoid using double present perfect tense, especially in the same sentence. It may sound heavy when present perfect is over used. It's been a week since I [las t] saw my friends.

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  • Hi Stewie, My personal preference is to avoid using double present perfect tense, especially in the same sentence.
  • It may sound heavy when present perfect is over used.
  • It's been a week since I [las t] saw my friends.
  • ---- ok It's been a week since I've seen my friends.
  • -------- ok It's been a week since [my graduation] I've graduated .
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Hi Stewie,

My personal preference is to avoid using double present perfect tense, especially in the same sentence. It may sound heavy when present perfect is over used.

  1. It's been a week since I [last] saw my friends. ----ok
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... playing basketball every day since ...
Not all days.

Otherwise, they are all things people might say.

The formula It's been [period of time] since [present perfect] is best with a state or habit.

It's been a week since I've seen him.
It's been a week since I've known about that.

The same patte
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Thank you.

This thread is dedicated to those who keep saying "since must be used with the past simple, since + present perfect is not correct"

That's why I titled the thread "The final truth"

Stewie Griffin
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