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Grammar and Linguistics > "since over a year ago"
"since over a year ago"
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rakelica
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"since over a year ago"
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Hello my dearest colleagues; I have a grammatical doubt:
Recently; I heard this sentence:
"I haven �t seen my cousin since over a year ago"
Is this grammatically correct? can we use since and ago in the same sentence?
What do you think?
Thanks for your answers
Have a great day
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1 Sep 2010
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yolprica
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It doesn �t sound correct to me. I would say "I haven �t seen my cousin for over a year" but you know that the use of certain expressions are used even if they are not correct.
I haven �t helped much, sorry, let �s listen to the natives.
Yolanda |
1 Sep 2010
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Apodo
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You can say:
I haven �t seen my cousin for over a year.
or
I haven �t seen my cousin since a year ago. [Because a year ago is a particular time]
You cannot say since over a year ago because that is not a precise time. [more than one year]
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1 Sep 2010
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rakelica
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ok; I thought so; thanks for your answers  |
1 Sep 2010
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GIOVANNI
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As soon as you use the word "ago " you have to use the simple past because you are talking about a specific time in the past. You can �t use the Present Pefect tense with the word "ago " because with the Present Perfect the time you saw your cousin is not important. The important thing is that you saw your cousin at some point, but not a specific point. |
1 Sep 2010
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