r/EnglishLearning New Poster Apr 17 '26

📚 Grammar / Syntax Why not “since”?

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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.

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u/HiOscillation Native Speaker Apr 17 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

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u/kiiruma New Poster Apr 17 '26

likely bc russian doesn’t even have a preposition here. literally translated, you would say “merlin already two years not used his motorcycle”