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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Universal and Existential Perfect.

Is it possible that with different reading of the sentence below, Tuesday may or may not be included in the time span referred to?

Matt has been in NY since Tuesday.
  

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The time span includes "Tuesday". paco

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The time span includes "Tuesday".

paco
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It depends on the question. If the question is "how long has Matt been in New York" and the answer is "Matt has been in New York since Tuesday," it means that he arrived on Tuesday and is still there at the time of the conversation. However, I think that the question "Has Matt been in New York since Tuesday?" is ambiguous - it could mean "continually since Tuesday" or "at any time between Tuesd
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Paco2004The time span includes "Tuesday".

paco
That depends. If Matt came back on Tuesday, went and returned again on Thursday, and it is now Saturday, Tuesday is not included.
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Paco2004The time span includes "Tuesday".

paco
Is the exam included in the time mentioned here?

Since I failed the exam, I've studied much harder.
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