Hcfyk

How much do grades matter for a future academia position?

El Dorado Word Puzzle II: Videogame Edition

Would a primitive species be able to learn English from reading books alone?

Can I run 125kHz RF circuit on a breadboard?

Did I make a mistake by ccing email to boss to others?

Would this string work as string?

If the only attacker is removed from combat, is a creature still counted as having attacked this turn?

Usage of an old photo with expired copyright

What does "tick" mean in this sentence?

How to preserve electronics (computers, iPads and phones) for hundreds of years

Pre-employment background check with consent for future checks

What (the heck) is a Super Worm Equinox Moon?

Ways of geometrical multiplication

Why is participating in the European Parliamentary elections used as a threat?

Is there any way I can have two passwords for my wi-fi

Why didn’t Eve recognize the little cockroach as a living organism?

How do I prevent inappropriate ads from appearing in my game?

Do I have to know the General Relativity theory to understand the concept of inertial frame?

If Captain Marvel (MCU) were to have a child with a human male, would the child be human or Kree?

Using streams for a null-safe conversion from an array to list

Why can't the Brexit deadlock in the UK parliament be solved with a plurality vote?

Showing mass murder in a kid's book

Difference between shutdown options

What does "Scientists rise up against statistical significance" mean? (Comment in Nature)

Using “from” instead of “since” when referring to a date

Should I say a date differently from the way it is written?Is “resign with effect from [date]” inclusive?“Since”, “until”, “from”, “to” on invoices or date ranges of a formWhen writing the date, why do we write “8th December 2013”, instead of “8th of December, 2013”?From the 4th to the 8th of June - [date ranges]Specify a week by using a dateWhat's the correct (or best) way to express “from [date] to [date]”?When should I say “of London” instead of “from London”?Date “at which” - Date “for when” - Date “on which”Difference Between Since and For When Referring to Past Event

1

Is it appropriate to use "from" instead of "since" in reference to a specific date? Also, does it matter whether this date is in the past or future when considering the previous question?

For example, "Currently available from February 15th, the collectors edition includes many extra goodies."

prepositions dates

share|improve this question

asked 2 days ago

rjmitty1000rjmitty1000

61

New contributor

rjmitty1000 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  since is relative to past so can be past or from now. The other can be used from the future through present to past. However just to confuse One could say, "Since I will be there in the future", but that is a different usage.
  
  – KJO
  2 days ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The sentence is grammatical, but redundant. I would say either currently available or available from February 15th. I don't see any point in combining the two. (Whether you use from or since.)
  
  – Jason Bassford
  2 days ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

1

Is it appropriate to use "from" instead of "since" in reference to a specific date? Also, does it matter whether this date is in the past or future when considering the previous question?

For example, "Currently available from February 15th, the collectors edition includes many extra goodies."

prepositions dates

share|improve this question

asked 2 days ago

rjmitty1000rjmitty1000

61

New contributor

rjmitty1000 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  since is relative to past so can be past or from now. The other can be used from the future through present to past. However just to confuse One could say, "Since I will be there in the future", but that is a different usage.
  
  – KJO
  2 days ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The sentence is grammatical, but redundant. I would say either currently available or available from February 15th. I don't see any point in combining the two. (Whether you use from or since.)
  
  – Jason Bassford
  2 days ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Is it appropriate to use "from" instead of "since" in reference to a specific date? Also, does it matter whether this date is in the past or future when considering the previous question?

For example, "Currently available from February 15th, the collectors edition includes many extra goodies."

prepositions dates

share|improve this question

asked 2 days ago

rjmitty1000rjmitty1000

61

New contributor

rjmitty1000 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

share|improve this question

asked 2 days ago

rjmitty1000rjmitty1000

61

New contributor

rjmitty1000 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

share|improve this question

asked 2 days ago

rjmitty1000rjmitty1000

61

New contributor

rjmitty1000 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

asked 2 days ago

rjmitty1000rjmitty1000

61

New contributor

rjmitty1000 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

asked 2 days ago

rjmitty1000rjmitty1000

61

1 Answer
1

active

oldest

votes

1

• From:

From indicates the starting point of an action and is usually followed by another proposition (until, to, till...) that marks the end of the action.

I lived in Italy from 2001 to 2015;

She played tennis from 1987 until she broke her arm;

• Since:

Since is used to talk about a specific point in time, it refers to an action started in the past that continues in the present, in fact is usually used with unfinished actions.

I lived in Italy since I was 1;

I have been working since yesterday;

So what are the main differences between since and from ?

1. 
   From can be used with any tense, since only with the perfect tenses;


2. 
   From is followed by other propositions; since (usually) isn’t;


3. 
   From is usually used to indicate a finished action; since refers to an unfinished action


4. 
   From can refer to actions in the future, since refers to an action that continues up to now.

share|improve this answer

answered 2 days ago

MarybnqMarybnq

1414

New contributor

Marybnq is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

add a comment | 

Your Answer

StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "97"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);

else
createEditor();

);

function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);



);

rjmitty1000 is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);

Sign up using Google

Sign up using Facebook

Sign up using Email and Password

Post as a guest

Name

Email

Required, but never shown

StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fenglish.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f490254%2fusing-from-instead-of-since-when-referring-to-a-date%23new-answer', 'question_page');

);

Post as a guest

Name

Email

Required, but never shown

1

• From:

From indicates the starting point of an action and is usually followed by another proposition (until, to, till...) that marks the end of the action.

I lived in Italy from 2001 to 2015;

She played tennis from 1987 until she broke her arm;

• Since:

Since is used to talk about a specific point in time, it refers to an action started in the past that continues in the present, in fact is usually used with unfinished actions.

I lived in Italy since I was 1;

I have been working since yesterday;

So what are the main differences between since and from ?

1. 
   From can be used with any tense, since only with the perfect tenses;


2. 
   From is followed by other propositions; since (usually) isn’t;


3. 
   From is usually used to indicate a finished action; since refers to an unfinished action


4. 
   From can refer to actions in the future, since refers to an action that continues up to now.

share|improve this answer

answered 2 days ago

MarybnqMarybnq

1414

New contributor

Marybnq is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

add a comment | 

1

• From:

From indicates the starting point of an action and is usually followed by another proposition (until, to, till...) that marks the end of the action.

I lived in Italy from 2001 to 2015;

She played tennis from 1987 until she broke her arm;

• Since:

Since is used to talk about a specific point in time, it refers to an action started in the past that continues in the present, in fact is usually used with unfinished actions.

I lived in Italy since I was 1;

I have been working since yesterday;

So what are the main differences between since and from ?

1. 
   From can be used with any tense, since only with the perfect tenses;


2. 
   From is followed by other propositions; since (usually) isn’t;


3. 
   From is usually used to indicate a finished action; since refers to an unfinished action


4. 
   From can refer to actions in the future, since refers to an action that continues up to now.

share|improve this answer

answered 2 days ago

MarybnqMarybnq

1414

New contributor

Marybnq is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

add a comment | 

• From:

From indicates the starting point of an action and is usually followed by another proposition (until, to, till...) that marks the end of the action.

I lived in Italy from 2001 to 2015;

She played tennis from 1987 until she broke her arm;

• Since:

Since is used to talk about a specific point in time, it refers to an action started in the past that continues in the present, in fact is usually used with unfinished actions.

I lived in Italy since I was 1;

I have been working since yesterday;

So what are the main differences between since and from ?

1. 
   From can be used with any tense, since only with the perfect tenses;


2. 
   From is followed by other propositions; since (usually) isn’t;


3. 
   From is usually used to indicate a finished action; since refers to an unfinished action


4. 
   From can refer to actions in the future, since refers to an action that continues up to now.

share|improve this answer

answered 2 days ago

MarybnqMarybnq

1414

New contributor

Marybnq is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

share|improve this answer

answered 2 days ago

MarybnqMarybnq

1414

New contributor

Marybnq is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

answered 2 days ago

MarybnqMarybnq

1414

New contributor

Marybnq is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

answered 2 days ago

MarybnqMarybnq

1414