Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:54:13 -0500 (EST) | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: checkpatch warning of struct indentation |
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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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