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Grammar

Usage of "since" and "from"

Can anyone please tell me if I should you since or from in the following sentence?

Here are the example:

1- I had a chronic liver disease from/since my childhood days. Now I am fine after the operation.

  

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You need the present perfect tense and 'since' in these kinds of expressions. I have had chronic liver disease [ since my childhood / since I was a child] . Ellen has known him since he was 15 years old.

  • You need the present perfect tense and 'since' in these kinds of expressions.
  • I have had chronic liver disease [ since my childhood / since I was a child] .
  • Ellen has known him since he was 15 years old.
  • Tom has been awake since 4 o'clock this morning.
  • Phyllis and Ted have been married since 2003.
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You need the present perfect tense and 'since' in these kinds of expressions.

I have had chronic liver disease [since my childhood / since I was a child].

Ellen has known him since he was 15 years old.
Tom has been awake since 4 o'clock this morning.
Phyllis and Ted have been married since 2003.
I have gone to summer

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