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On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Johannes Weiner wrote:

> 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?

Yeah that could be it. I have no idea, since I'm only a native speaker
and I slept in most of my English classes ;-)

>
> > A common phrase from Germans are:
> >
> > I've been doing this since three years.
>
> They slept in school :-)

Perhaps they asked, "May I lend an English grammar book?" when they meant
to say "May I borrow an English grammar book?" :-)

-- Steve



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