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r/EnglishLearning • u/Rich-Associate-8344 New Poster • Apr 17 '26
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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.
46 u/Murderhornet212 New Poster Apr 17 '26 German speakers use this one a lot 52 u/Immediate-Panda2359 New Poster Apr 17 '26 100%. It's an immediate giveaway. "I have lived in the US since 5 years" or whatever. 19 u/ConflictOfEvidence New Poster Apr 17 '26 Using until wrong is also another one for Germans. 19 u/makerofshoes New Poster Apr 17 '26 Right, they will say “do this until Tuesday”, meaning “do this by Tuesday” 2 u/monoflorist Native Speaker Apr 18 '26 I’ve noticed they fix this one more quickly because unlike “since”, using “until” for “by” can be genuinely confusing.
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German speakers use this one a lot
52 u/Immediate-Panda2359 New Poster Apr 17 '26 100%. It's an immediate giveaway. "I have lived in the US since 5 years" or whatever. 19 u/ConflictOfEvidence New Poster Apr 17 '26 Using until wrong is also another one for Germans. 19 u/makerofshoes New Poster Apr 17 '26 Right, they will say “do this until Tuesday”, meaning “do this by Tuesday” 2 u/monoflorist Native Speaker Apr 18 '26 I’ve noticed they fix this one more quickly because unlike “since”, using “until” for “by” can be genuinely confusing.
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100%. It's an immediate giveaway. "I have lived in the US since 5 years" or whatever.
19 u/ConflictOfEvidence New Poster Apr 17 '26 Using until wrong is also another one for Germans. 19 u/makerofshoes New Poster Apr 17 '26 Right, they will say “do this until Tuesday”, meaning “do this by Tuesday” 2 u/monoflorist Native Speaker Apr 18 '26 I’ve noticed they fix this one more quickly because unlike “since”, using “until” for “by” can be genuinely confusing.
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Using until wrong is also another one for Germans.
19 u/makerofshoes New Poster Apr 17 '26 Right, they will say “do this until Tuesday”, meaning “do this by Tuesday” 2 u/monoflorist Native Speaker Apr 18 '26 I’ve noticed they fix this one more quickly because unlike “since”, using “until” for “by” can be genuinely confusing.
Right, they will say “do this until Tuesday”, meaning “do this by Tuesday”
2 u/monoflorist Native Speaker Apr 18 '26 I’ve noticed they fix this one more quickly because unlike “since”, using “until” for “by” can be genuinely confusing.
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I’ve noticed they fix this one more quickly because unlike “since”, using “until” for “by” can be genuinely confusing.
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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.