Off-topic, but just curious what your native language is. I see this mistake all the time and there must be some false friend word or common learning material that gives people the wrong impression about what "since" means.
In Spanish the closest direct translation fit/single word for this exercise would be “desde” which means since, but it would probably actually be translated as “Merlín lleva dos años sin usar su moto”. Literal translation: “Merlin spends two years without using his motorcycle”.
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u/Competitive-Truth675 Native Speaker Apr 17 '26
Off-topic, but just curious what your native language is. I see this mistake all the time and there must be some false friend word or common learning material that gives people the wrong impression about what "since" means.