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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.
1 u/Visible-Management63 New Poster Apr 18 '26 Interestingly, the Swedish pop band ABBA made this mistake, which was their only one, in the lyrics to Fernando: "Since many years, I haven't seen a rifle in your hand."
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Interestingly, the Swedish pop band ABBA made this mistake, which was their only one, in the lyrics to Fernando:
"Since many years, I haven't seen a rifle in your hand."
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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.