= Сообщение: 3156 из 12504 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : David Rance 2:203/2 06 Dec 15 15:22:28 Кому : Kees van Eeten 06 Dec 15 15:22:28 Тема : How to properly read historical texts FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:203/2+5664449c На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:280/5003.4+5663759f = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== ============================================================================== On Sun, 6 Dec 2015 00:27:26 Kees van Eeten -> David Rance wrote:
KvE> 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."
KvE> My English is far from correct, but "since" should be followed by a date.
In this context, yes.
KvE> "I am living in Reading since 1985" or "I am living in Reading for thirty KvE> years"
That's correct for the latter part of the sentence, but...
KvE> But I would use "have been living" over "am living", probably because it KvE> is all in the past.
Yes, you've got it! "I have been living" or "I have lived in Reading for thirty years." It must be in the past.
David
-- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
