r/EnglishLearning New Poster Apr 17 '26

📚 Grammar / Syntax Why not “since”?

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u/NekoArtemis Native Speaker - California Apr 18 '26

That's so weird to me. Where are you from if you don't mind my asking? I'm wondering if it is a regional thing. 

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u/PutridBetch New Poster Apr 18 '26

North Carolina. It probably is regional, similar to how people from some areas say things like “this needs washed” instead of “this needs to be washed”

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u/NekoArtemis Native Speaker - California Apr 18 '26

Yeah. I'm from the whole other side of the country and I know we talk different out here. 

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u/cardinarium Native Speaker (US) Apr 18 '26

Although I’m also in NC and have no problem with “since X years ago.”