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Sherminator Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Since the last six months

I'm correcting an essay from a student and I'm wondering if the following sentence is correct:

"Since the last six months, the cost has decreased by 10 percent"

What the student means is something like "6 months ago, the cost was 10 percent higher"
  

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No, you can't use "since" like this. "

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No, you can't use "since" like this. You can say "Over the last six months..."
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