Amelia
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Grammar Revision Break! Let's revise the Present Perfect with For and Since.
I've had this car __________ years.
for
from
since
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Mar 19, 2025 2:17 PM
Answers · 1
The correct answer is "for". We use for+ a period of time (e.g. two days, a year, a month etc.), whereas we use "since" + the start of the period (e.g. Monday, January, 1991 etc.). We don't use "from" with the Present Perfect, which can be easily confused with "for", so be careful :)
Mar 20, 2025 8:33 AM
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