For vs. Since 👩‍🏫 #english #grammar #education #englishlanguage

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]For versus since For talks about duration of time.

[00:00:07]For example, 1 year, 2 year, 3 year together, duration of time.

[00:00:14]Since talks about point of time, starting point of time.

[00:00:20]I have lived here blank 2020. 2020 is the starting point of any given length of time.

[00:00:28]I have lived here since 2020.

[00:00:31]Waiting blank 2 hours. 2 hours is the length of time, duration of time. She has been waiting for 2 hours.

[00:00:43]Known each other blank childhood.

[00:00:45]Childhood is the starting point of time of your journey, of your life journey.

[00:00:50]We have known each other since childhood.

[00:00:55]He has worked here blank many years.

[00:00:59]Many years, length of time, duration of time.

[00:01:03]He has worked here for many years.

[00:01:08]They have been friends blank school days.

[00:01:11]Starting point of time. They have been friends since school days.

[00:01:16]5 years 1 2 3 4 5 duration of time. I have studied English for 5 years.

[00:01:26]Monday, exact starting point of the week. She has stayed here since Monday.

[00:01:33]He has been sick blank a week. A week, length of time. Monday is the starting point, but a week has 7 days, so it's a duration of time. He has been sick for a week.

[00:01:49]I have waited blank a long time. Waited long time, duration of time, length of time.

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