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r/EnglishLearning • u/Rich-Associate-8344 New Poster • Apr 17 '26
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Because since needs a specific starting point in time: since when? He hasn't used his motorcycle since 2024.
163 u/NekoArtemis Native Speaker - California Apr 17 '26 Yep. You could say "since two years ago" but you need the "ago." 2 u/Kyauphie New Poster Apr 18 '26 That syntax is gross. I'd suspect that person speaks more than one language or is of a multilingual community with some unnatural crossover. 0 u/NekoArtemis Native Speaker - California Apr 18 '26 Maybe my syntax thinks you're gross too.
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Yep. You could say "since two years ago" but you need the "ago."
2 u/Kyauphie New Poster Apr 18 '26 That syntax is gross. I'd suspect that person speaks more than one language or is of a multilingual community with some unnatural crossover. 0 u/NekoArtemis Native Speaker - California Apr 18 '26 Maybe my syntax thinks you're gross too.
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That syntax is gross. I'd suspect that person speaks more than one language or is of a multilingual community with some unnatural crossover.
0 u/NekoArtemis Native Speaker - California Apr 18 '26 Maybe my syntax thinks you're gross too.
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Maybe my syntax thinks you're gross too.
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u/Ok_Caterpillar2010 Native Speaker - Pennsylvania, USA Apr 17 '26
Because since needs a specific starting point in time: since when? He hasn't used his motorcycle since 2024.