= Сообщение: 3151 из 12518 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Kees van Eeten 2:280/5003.4 06 Dec 15 00:27:26 Кому : David Rance 06 Dec 15 00:27:26 Тема : How to properly read historical texts FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5003.4+5663759f На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+566367c0 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: LATIN-1 ================================ Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+5664449c ============================================================================== Hello David!
05 Dec 15 23:40, you wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:
DR> Tell me, what is wrong with this sentence: "I am living in Reading since DR> thirty years."
My English is far from correct, but "since" should be followed by a date.
"I am living in Reading since 1985" or "I am living in Reading for thirty years"
But I would use "have been living" over "am living", probably because it is all in the past.
DR> I haven't seen anyone on this echo get this construction DR> right! The construction is correct in German and in French (and, for DR> all I DR> know, in the other languages represented here) but it is not correct in DR> English.
Kees
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5 * Origin: As for me, all I know is that, I know nothing. (2:280/5003.4)
