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SubjectRe: checkpatch warning of struct indentation
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 01:35:43PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> In a lot of cases, (for Germans) "seit" can correctly be translated into
> "since" but there are times that it just sounds funny.

It can only be translated to `since' when you mean a single point in
the past and you have to use `for' when you refer to a whole period.

`since 29th august' vs. `for three years'

No?

> A common phrase from Germans are:
>
> I've been doing this since three years.

They slept in school :-)

Hannes


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