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The prepositions for and since are used to indicate the point of start of an activity. While since can be used only in perfect tenses, for can be used in any tenses. As such, is it grammatically and idiomatically correct to say 'We are ill from yesterday' to mean 'We have been ill since yesterday'?
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The prepositions for and since are used to indicate the point of start of an activity. While since can be used only in perfect tenses, for can be used in any tenses. As such, is it grammatically and idiomatically correct to say 'We are ill from yesterday' to mean 'We have been ill since yesterday'?
prepositions tenses
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"We are ill from yesterday" could mean that you are ill as a result of something that happened yesterday (e.g. something you ate) - but that your illness became apparent only today.
– TrevorD
Apr 26 at 17:23
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The prepositions for and since are used to indicate the point of start of an activity. While since can be used only in perfect tenses, for can be used in any tenses. As such, is it grammatically and idiomatically correct to say 'We are ill from yesterday' to mean 'We have been ill since yesterday'?
prepositions tenses
asked Apr 26 at 11:27
user343802user343802
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The prepositions for and since are used to indicate the point of start of an activity. While since can be used only in perfect tenses, for can be used in any tenses. As such, is it grammatically and idiomatically correct to say 'We are ill from yesterday' to mean 'We have been ill since yesterday'?
prepositions tenses
prepositions tenses
asked Apr 26 at 11:27
user343802user343802
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asked Apr 26 at 11:27
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asked Apr 26 at 11:27
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asked Apr 26 at 11:27
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asked Apr 26 at 11:27
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"We are ill from yesterday" could mean that you are ill as a result of something that happened yesterday (e.g. something you ate) - but that your illness became apparent only today.
– TrevorD
Apr 26 at 17:23
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"We are ill from yesterday" could mean that you are ill as a result of something that happened yesterday (e.g. something you ate) - but that your illness became apparent only today.
– TrevorD
Apr 26 at 17:23
"We are ill from yesterday" could mean that you are ill as a result of something that happened yesterday (e.g. something you ate) - but that your illness became apparent only today.
– TrevorD
Apr 26 at 17:23
"We are ill from yesterday" could mean that you are ill as a result of something that happened yesterday (e.g. something you ate) - but that your illness became apparent only today.
– TrevorD
Apr 26 at 17:23
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"We are ill from yesterday" could mean that you are ill as a result of something that happened yesterday (e.g. something you ate) - but that your illness became apparent only today.
– TrevorD
Apr 26 at 17:23