5/5/2010

He’s pushing daisis
To kick the bucket
SINCE, FOR, DURING, OVER
Use SINCE to say that something started at a point in time in the past, and is still continuing • He has been living in Leeds since 1998. • We've known about it since May. Since is usually followed by a time expression ('last year', 'this morning', '4 o'clock' etc) or by the simple past tense. Use the present perfect or the past perfect in the other clause • I have loved movies since I first went to the cinema. • He had been seriously ill since Christmas.!! Speakers of British English usually say it is a long time/two weeks etc since..., and speakers of American English it has been a long time/two weeks etc since..., but both uses are correct • It's weeks (BrE)/It's been weeks (AmE) since I saw Grandma.
Use FOR when you state the length/period of time that something has been happening • We have known each other for ten years (NOT since ten years). • I had been waiting for hours (NOT since hours). • I haven't seen him for ages (NOT since ages).
DURING and OVER are used when you state the period of time in which something happens or changes • During her first year at college, she had several boyfriends. • Over the last six months, crime has doubled.

I dated two boys this month
I read three books this week
I wrote ten SMSs this morning
TO:
used to show a purpose or intention:
They left early to catch the 7.30 train.
To find out more about university courses, write to this address.
We need more money to improve transport in London

FOR
1 used to say who is intended to get or use something, or where something is intended to be used:
I've got a present for you.
Someone left a message for Vicky.
an English course for foreign students
We need a new battery for the radio.
These chairs are for the office.
3 for doing something (the use we make of sth)
a knife for cutting bread

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