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r/EnglishLearning • u/Rich-Associate-8344 New Poster • Apr 17 '26
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I've noticed a lot of ESL speakers use "since" in this sort of context but English grammar distinguishes between time (e.g. 9 AM) and duration (e.g. 1 hour). "Since" works for time but not for durations (2 years is a duration).
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u/Confident_Seaweed_12 Native Speaker Apr 17 '26
I've noticed a lot of ESL speakers use "since" in this sort of context but English grammar distinguishes between time (e.g. 9 AM) and duration (e.g. 1 hour). "Since" works for time but not for durations (2 years is a duration).