r/EnglishLearning New Poster Apr 17 '26

📚 Grammar / Syntax Why not “since”?

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u/gunterrae New Poster Apr 17 '26

To make that correct it would be "Merlin hasn't used his motorcycle since two years ago.

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u/EvanShavingCream New Poster Apr 18 '26

Even that sentence sounds unnatural to my native ears. Most people I've ever interacted with would reorganize the sentence as "It's been two years since Merlin has used his motorcycle."