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Aya 367 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Since+affirmative or negative form of past simple question

e haven't repaired the chairs since last month.

I need to write it using (a month) while giving the same meaning

Which sentence is the correct one?

It's a month since we repaired the chairs.

It's a month since we didn't repair the chairs.

Thank you

  

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Aya 367 It's a month since we repaired the chairs. This one. However, the sentence "We haven't repaired the chairs since last month" seems a little odd.

  • Aya 367 It's a month since we repaired the chairs.
  • This one.
  • However, the sentence "We haven't repaired the chairs since last month" seems a little odd.
  • It implies that repairing chairs is something that you do, or ought to do, even more frequently than once a month.
  • In my experience, chairs usually last a long time and need repairing very infrequently.
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Aya 367It's a month since we repaired the chairs.

This one.

However, the sentence "We haven't repaired the chairs since last month" seems a little odd. It implies that repairing chairs is something that you do, or ought to do, even more frequently than once a month. In my experience, chairs usually last a long time and need repairing very infrequently

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