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Lcchang Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
TOEIC Q/ present perfect
We have been working on the balance sheet ____ two days now.
(A) since
(B) for
(C) in
(D) until
The correct answer is (B), but I guess I may have seen some sentence like below:
I haven't seen you in such a long time.
So, is (C) also correct? Please advise.
(A) since
(B) for
(C) in
(D) until
The correct answer is (B), but I guess I may have seen some sentence like below:
I haven't seen you in such a long time.
So, is (C) also correct? Please advise.
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No. A) You can say "since yesterday", or "since last week", but not "since 2 days" B) correct. C) No.
- No.
- A) You can say "since yesterday", or "since last week", but not "since 2 days" B) correct.
- C) No.
- You can use "in" for negative expressions, as in your example.
- I haven't eaten meat in the last five days .
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No.
A) You can say "since yesterday", or "since last week", but not "since 2 days"
B) correct.
C) No. You can use "in" for negative expressions, as in your example. I haven't eaten meat in the last five days.
D) No. We will work on the balance sheet until it is perfectly correct. "Until" is used to express a future state.
A) You can say "since yesterday", or "since last week", but not "since 2 days"
B) correct.
C) No. You can use "in" for negative expressions, as in your example. I haven't eaten meat in the last five days.
D) No. We will work on the balance sheet until it is perfectly correct. "Until" is used to express a future state.
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Right. The answer is clearly (B).
The blue statement is definitely idiomatic, but is an example of casual conversation. You might expect to see an exclamation point at the end, and call the sentence "exclamatory."
(C) would not work in your balance sheet example.
Edit. Actually, it's the "such" which gives the blue sentence its exclamatory flavor
The blue statement is definitely idiomatic, but is an example of casual conversation. You might expect to see an exclamation point at the end, and call the sentence "exclamatory."
(C) would not work in your balance sheet example.
Edit. Actually, it's the "such" which gives the blue sentence its exclamatory flavor
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