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Message de jihaire posté le 13-02-2018 à 11:14:36 (S | E | F)
Hello
I found on the Natural-History-Museum website the sentence :
"It has only been continuous since about 12,000 years ago." Lien internet
I would have said : " .....for about 12,000 years.
Why "since... ago" can be used here ?
Is it because of the "about"?
Thank you very much
J.R.
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Modifié par lucile83 le 13-02-2018 11:24
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Modifié par lucile83 le 14-02-2018 08:45
J'avais oublié cette erreur...prescott a raison: I would ...They should...
Message de jihaire posté le 13-02-2018 à 11:14:36 (S | E | F)
Hello
I found on the Natural-History-Museum website the sentence :
"It has only been continuous since about 12,000 years ago." Lien internet
I would have said : " .....for about 12,000 years.
Why "since... ago" can be used here ?
Is it because of the "about"?
Thank you very much
J.R.
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Modifié par lucile83 le 13-02-2018 11:24
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Modifié par lucile83 le 14-02-2018 08:45
J'avais oublié cette erreur...prescott a raison: I would ...They should...
Réponse : Since/ ago de prescott, postée le 13-02-2018 à 12:31:45 (S | E)
Hello,
since is correct here to indicate the starting point of a "continous presence".
Thus, about xxx years ago is equivalent to a date, which requires since.
Does it help ?
Réponse : Since/ ago de prescott, postée le 14-02-2018 à 02:07:21 (S | E)
Hello again, J.R.
You wrote "I should have said : " .....for xxx xxx xxx."
But you probably meant I would have said : " .....xxx xxx xxx.'
or they should have said : " ......"
Have a nice day
Réponse : Since/ ago de jihaire, postée le 14-02-2018 à 07:03:15 (S | E)
Hello prescott
thank you for your relevant answers.
Have a nice day.
J.R.
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