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The usage of "since"

08:26 PM Aug 07 2007 | Reply

anita2007

Taiwan

Dear all,

 I am sure the sentence "Since last month, Bill had drawn two pictures" is grammatical. However I am not sure if the sentence "Since last month to yesterday, Bill had drawn two pictures" is grammatical?  

Can sombody tell me about it?

Thank you so much!

09:28 PM Aug 07 2007 | Reply

Nu Pogodi

Nu Pogodi

United States

I am not an English teacher but I will try.

I would be more comfortable with "From last month until yesterday, Bill had drawn two pictures". That is provided he did not draw yesterday. "From last month through yesterday, Bill had drawn two pictures" would include yesterday.

What you are doing is creating a more precise timeline.

12:38 AM Aug 08 2007 | Reply

joshman1019

United States

Hello Anita

 As a native English speaker I would take your original sentence: "Since last month to yesterday, Bill had drawn two pictures"

 

And change it to:  As of yesterday Bill has drawn two pictures. He started drawing pictures last month.

 You may need to break your original sentence into two pieces. Once sentence gives us a subject, and the next sentence gives us time information. It would be difficult to create a single sentence with that information. 

 You are doing a wonderful job, this is a very difficult sentence to construct and you did very well.

 :-)

Josh 

07:13 PM Aug 08 2007 | Reply

anita2007

Taiwan

Thank you for your help.Cool

02:01 AM Aug 12 2007 | Reply

Huyen

Viet Nam

Thanks for your explanation. It is very useful.
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