>>>>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."
Yes, that's fine. But a bit dramatic! Like "He was run over by a truck and he's limped ever since that fateful day"
Your above sentence is like "since the day he got Jesus" :-)
>
>Well, that's consistent with Dutch (sinds).
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
