>>>PS "in all the years
I've been present here" I'm sure you appreciate the English lesson :-)
>>
>>Are these the type of mistakes that only non-native writers make?
>
>Yes, typical is in the profiles:
>
>"So-and-so has been developing blah
since 20 years" (esp francophones as "depuis" is teh word they'd use here.
>
>"So-and-so has been developing blah
for 20 years" is correct
>
>We'd say "since" when referring to a particular date or event:
>
>"We've been talkin' about Jackson ever since the fire went out"
I assume this is okay: "So-and-so has been developing blah
since that day, 20 years ago."
Well, that's consistent with Dutch (sinds).
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