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They haven't bought a new car __________ 1995.



I have known Dana ________ college.



He has been standing in line _______ twenty minutes.



I have known him ______ a long time.



He has been living on the same street _______ he moved here.



He has been a teacher ______ many years.



They have been making together _______ the early 1980s.





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78 Comments on “English Grammar – How to use SINCE and FOR with the Present Perfect”

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thanks for nice lesson

Sunday, August 16th 2009

Alex,

I thank you so much ,,,

But I have a problem here in this clause :

I have known Dana ________ college.
• since
• for

Why the correct answer is since not for ?

Can you illustrate this point ?

All the best to you,,,

:)

Sunday, August 16th 2009

    College is a specific place in time. The sentence implies that you are no longer in college. Remember, to use “for,” you have to talk about a period of time.

    For example:

    I have known Dana for five years.
    I have known Dana for a few days.

    And here are some more examples using “since”:

    I have known Dana since college.
    I have known Dana since she moved to Saudi Arabia.

    I hope this helps. Thank you for your question.

    Saturday, September 19th 2009Reply to this comment

      This is very helping, I 100% enjoy your videos. I learned a lot english. Thank You for providing this lessons for me. Nice to Meet you on the Video!!

      Friday, January 1st 2010

Thank you! This is very helpful

Sunday, August 16th 2009

thank you very much . This lesson is helpe me allot.

Monday, August 17th 2009

This lesson seems to be quite easy !

Tuesday, August 18th 2009

i like these lessons very much!

Tuesday, August 18th 2009

I like very much you lesson, but I have been cunfuised for a long time ago in how to use “For” and “During”. So, can You help me to solve my problem, please???

Wednesday, August 19th 2009

thanks for that alex

Thursday, August 20th 2009

i guess you was amazing mr alex and you have a unique way to explain and clarify the information

Thursday, August 20th 2009

@ Koug

The answer is since because college is not a specific time, it is a duration of time say around 2-3 years. I hope I am right, if not please do explain me the correct answer.

Thanks in advance.

Saturday, August 22nd 2009

Dear teacher. This lesson is very very easy. It was too helpfull
Thank you.

Sunday, August 23rd 2009

thank you very much is good away to expain and very clear lesson

from yemen ASAAD
thank you ………………………….for all “ENGVID.COM”

Sunday, August 23rd 2009

Thanks for you Alex!

Thursday, August 27th 2009

Hello Alex,
I would like to take e quiz, I’m the member of EngVid and I do not see any opportunity how to take a quiz about this lesson.
Any advice?

Thank you, Gimmi ( ^__^ )

Monday, September 7th 2009

    Ops, it just came up by itself.

    Does that means that I have to wait and not to navigate for the quiz?

    Thank you to everybody, from Gimmi ( ^__^ )

    Monday, September 7th 2009Reply to this comment

Thank you! This is very helpful.
the speed is good too.

Saturday, September 12th 2009

well,that exellant you do help to knoe the difference between the both bue i have a problem with this selection so itis good to know my mistake and learn of course from it

Monday, September 14th 2009

Is this phrase grammatically correct? “Since 2002, there are only five types of chocalate ice cream.” I’m concerned that I am using the wrong verb tense or word choice.

Tuesday, September 15th 2009

    You are using “since” correctly, and your word choice is fine as well. Just in case, could you maybe type that sentence in a different way? What exactly are you trying to say? Your one mistake is not spelling chocolate correctly.

    Thanks for commenting!

    Saturday, September 19th 2009Reply to this comment

Thanks for taking this English quiz! Your score: 85.71 You got 6 correct out of 7.’

thank you so much Alex!

Saturday, September 19th 2009

thank you teacher you speach is music ro ears and i would like to remain thanking to you

Tuesday, October 20th 2009

hi,ALEX ,GOOD DAY
i have a questioin which make me frustrated and that is “what is the different between the following two sentences,
- i am focused
-i have focused
and what is the correct one?
aboamr

Friday, October 30th 2009

Thank you so much! It’s important to know SINCE I moved in USA :)

Sunday, November 1st 2009

Thank you very much! This lesson was very useful for me.

Monday, November 9th 2009

Good work!

Friday, November 20th 2009

thank you for the lesson. It’s help to me a lot.

Friday, November 27th 2009

Hi Alex

I am new user. Your lessons are very good and I am learning a lot from this.
I have a doubt in the last question.

They have been making together _______ the early 1980s.

* since
* for
The word “early 1980s” tells that, it may be 1970 – 1980 or before that. So it may refers to particular duration of period.

Why the correct answer is since not for?

Please explain me about this with an example.

Wednesday, December 2nd 2009

Thank you very much for this lesson. I have been taught for this subject since i was still in school but i didn’t understand it as much. This really helped.

Wednesday, December 23rd 2009

thanks alot

Friday, December 25th 2009

Thanke U . This is soo good .I’m better now . guys I have a big test next week, give me some beneficial counsels .
See ya later…….

Tuesday, January 5th 2010

sorry…. Happy new year

Tuesday, January 5th 2010

i like these lesson very much. It is really useful to improve my Enghlish. my Enghish is not good so I want to find the same lesson on wedsite. I cant afford to follow expensive courses and I want to buy books and CD_ROOM to learn at home. Could you show me where to buy them. I’m Vietnamese and now I live in Ha Noi Vietnam. Please show me those places to buy or send me some massages to my site. My gmail:daoducphuong.tdb@gmail.com . Thanks you very much

Thursday, January 7th 2010

please share me your learning enghish expirence. i love english. i need it for my jod my career.

Thursday, January 7th 2010

hello and thank you for your care im not a native im from algeria and i want to speak as a native can i???thank you…

Monday, January 11th 2010

i realy love u all.you help me a lot to improve my english

Saturday, January 23rd 2010

That is cool to learn Since and for in easy way, Great teachers. :)

Saturday, January 30th 2010

Hi everyone!this lesson is very usefull and helpfull! Hey, Alex! Could you make a video lesson about definite and indefinite articles!
Thank you in advance!

Wednesday, February 3rd 2010

excellent websit. great teachers are teaching us. i am learning a lot.

Friday, February 5th 2010

it’s really very useful

Tuesday, February 9th 2010

I was always confused with(for and since)it’s give me a lot of help….all teachers are great and have a great method of teaching…everyday I watch your videos.

Tuesday, February 16th 2010

Hello Alex thank you for be a good teacher.

Monday, March 8th 2010

Hello Alex.i thank you very much for such a good lesson.i got the difference.

“All The Best”.we Want You To Give Some More Lessons Alex!

Thursday, March 11th 2010

thank you Alex!

very nice!

Friday, March 12th 2010

hi Alex ! excellent lesson, thnak you so much. you have removed my great confusion .

Monday, March 29th 2010

Alex is an excellent teacher. Thanks. The topic was interenting and the teacher explained the class in a simple way.

Wednesday, April 7th 2010

Thank so much Alex you taught a nice lesson
and now i know how to use since and for

Wednesday, April 28th 2010

this is very much helpful to me.

Saturday, May 1st 2010

hi Alex thanx a lot, first time I could understan the difference between these two words. you are a excellent teacher.

Tuesday, May 11th 2010

thnk u very much for such a imperative quiz

Monday, May 24th 2010

hi Alex…this test is very useful ….i understood this easily

Tuesday, May 25th 2010

I am pleased because I am learning every day more with you thank you for your free lessons

Sunday, May 30th 2010

Thanks Alex , yesterday i took this lesson at the British counsil ^_^

Wednesday, June 2nd 2010

Thanks Alex

Monday, June 14th 2010

thnk you very much

Saturday, June 19th 2010

thnk u very much

Saturday, June 19th 2010

thnk u very much thnk u very much thnk u very much

Saturday, June 19th 2010

Thank you a lot.Could you please tell what should be used in the following sentence ?

My fate has been pre-determined ___ years.

Sunday, June 27th 2010

hi mister Alex
thank u alot but i still dont understand when we must ask a question in persent perfect bcz i Ask a question in the present perfect because I always understand it according to the rules of my language or the meaning that settled in my mind for us, there is no difference between the words in the past I took my medicine.and saying in the present perfect i have taken my medicine.
i wish you help me plz bcz i love english so much and i want to learn it .bye

Tuesday, June 29th 2010

sorry . i mean ask a question like :
have you taken ur medicine ?
did you take ur medicine ?

Tuesday, June 29th 2010

thank u mister Alex for this test i Succeeded in answering when i er _ hearing to ur video time after time .thank u a lot but still have a problem about ask a question in p perfect

Tuesday, June 29th 2010

hi sir
i still don t know when must be used the present perfect . and when i speak with my friends about something happened in the past i don t know if should be used this sentence or that :
did u read my letters ?
have u read (red) my letters ?
did u broke the window?
have u broken the window ?
plZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzz sir help me bcz i lost my self-confidence
bye

Thursday, July 1st 2010

Dear Sir,
Here is a problem for me. I couldn’t understood the “word” like when it is used in the beginning of the sentence. For example, like my father she prays five times a day. Please tell me what is the world like in grammar here in this sentence?

Tuesday, July 6th 2010

Thank you for your lessons, I’ve learned a lot with this videos. I already learning about since, for, ago with this ones. I need to learn about whatever, whenever, whichever, whoever and wherever, if you could help me, I thank you so much.

Tuesday, July 13th 2010

i really get a lot new about since n for. thankful 2 u. thanx.

Friday, July 16th 2010

Thanks for your classe Alex, and thank for your answers. That explains you’re a good teacher !

Sunday, July 25th 2010

thank you very much sir, your act of clearing of doubt is perfect and encourage someone to know it from deep point.

Thursday, July 29th 2010

dear sir i like your all lessons because all they are helpful for us but i want to give you and your institution a suggestion that if you will provide a written note of description at the header of your screen beside watching your lesson then it will prove more beneficial to us because then we can read your lesson about at particular topic and also listen your lesson.for example as your descriptive note on the lesson before enter into the lesson( No more confusion with ‘for’ and ‘since’! Depending on whether you want to talk about how long you have been doing something, or when you started doing something, you will need to use one of these two words. Find out which is which in this English grammar lesson!)
you can add here about the description of the topic. please think about my suggestion.if we listen and the read a lesson then we can gain more reminds please do something about this.

Friday, July 30th 2010

Thanks Sir

Friday, July 30th 2010

Dear Alex

your teaching method is very good.

Since is used for specific time/place etc.
For is used where a duration of time is given.

Friday, July 30th 2010

Hi Alex,
lesson was fantastic.I had a doubt between these two for a long time.Im expecting new more lessons from u guys.
THANK YOU

Tuesday, August 10th 2010

thanks so lot my friend
Im a new Canadian citizen (since) 2 years
Alex you are my best teacher .
GO CANADA

Tuesday, August 10th 2010

Hi Alex.Excellent lesson.My name i Sansar im from Mongolia.I have been learning English for 2years and i have got problem.Could you tell me? How can i explain myself and Picture.For example: Im 26 and I have big family and i live with my mother and wife.extra… …. Picture means: Any logo,art,and …

Could you send me some example via my E-mail add please! Thank you! /sainaa_1984@yahoo.com/

Saturday, August 21st 2010

thx

Thursday, August 26th 2010

Hi Alex.Lesson is very clear.I have much confused the use of these two words. your teaching method is very good.Thanks a lot.

Thursday, August 26th 2010

Once again. Thank you very much. You explained it very well.Listening to your lectures is very interesting as always.

God bless

Thursday, September 9th 2010
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