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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Training at the gym

1. How long is it since you have actually trained in the gym?

2.How long is it since you have trained in the gym?

I am training at the gym 3 times a week since 1991.
Is the second sentence fine?
  

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Hello, your questions and answer are not talking about the same thing. ' Since in a question changes the meaning. 'how long since' assumes that you no longer train at the gym.

  • Hello, your questions and answer are not talking about the same thing.
  • ' Since in a question changes the meaning.
  • 'how long since' assumes that you no longer train at the gym.
  • ' Your answer would be I have been training at the gym 3 times a week since 1991.
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Hello, your questions and answer are not talking about the same thing.

'How long since you ...' Since in a question changes the meaning. 'how long since' assumes that you no longer train at the gym. An answer might be 'I haven't been to they gym for three years.'

If you are assuming that someone is currently attending the gym

To ask how often they train: - 'How often do

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