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Prepositions Entry 323 / 1605 60-second read

Since vs. For (duration)

Since = starting point, For = length of time.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

“I've lived here for 2020.”

✓ Correct

“I've lived here since 2020.”

The ruleii

Since = WHEN (2020, Monday).

'Since' marks when it started, 'for' shows how long.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Since = WHEN (2020, Monday). For = HOW LONG (5 years, 2 days).

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