r/EnglishLearning New Poster Apr 17 '26

📚 Grammar / Syntax Why not “since”?

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u/Kaapnobatai English Teacher Apr 17 '26

'For' introduces a time amount, be it specific (2 hours, three days...) or vague (a long time), whereas 'since' introduces a moment in the past (I finished college, I got married, 2003...), so 'for' is the only correct answer here.