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American English. Feb 24, 2011. #3. I haven't been here in 10 years. I haven't been here for 10 years. I haven't been here in the past 10 years. I haven't been here for the past 10 years. Since "in" and "for," with the past or present perfect, indicates that the time period is in the past, "in the past" itself is redundant. "in 10 years" alone ...
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Polish. Feb 26, 2020. #3. elroy said: Can you give us a complete sentence? 1. I've been working there for the past ten years / for the last ten years/ over the past ten years/ over the last twn years. Another example: my car was broken in January March April September December.
I taught English <for><during> the past 10 years
USA English. May 7, 2017. #3. In other words: I taught English for the past 10 years. = I just stopped teaching English after 10 years of teaching. I taught English during the past 10 years. = At some point during the preceding 10 years, I taught English for an unspecified length of time. Last edited: May 8, 2017.
For the last ten years vs in the recent ten years
Apr 26, 2011. #8. Parla said: No, they don't. The first one means that you started studying English in 2001, and you're continuing to do so. The second one doesn't make sense grammatically or otherwise. "Recent ten years" would be some recent ten-year period, not necessarily including the present day; the ten-year span from 1999 to 2009, for ...
"Ten years has passed" or "Ten years have passed"?
Oct 18, 2006 · May 6, 2008. #10. "Ten years" can be either singular or plural, depending on what is meant: "After ten years has passed you can apply for possession of the land." [a ten-year period] "After ten years have passed you can apply for possession of the land." "Ten years" as a plural seems a longer time (ten years passing, one by one) than "ten years ...
In the past ten years & for the past ten years - WordReference …
Jul 3, 2008. #1. Hi, everyone. 1.This is the third time I have visited this city in the past ten years. 2.This is the third time I have visited this city for the last ten years. I cannot see the difference between using in and for in these two sentences.
"in the last few years" & "for the last few years" - WordReference …
May 22, 2009. #4. Thank you for providing context. This is very useful. In this sentence, " in the last few years" refers to some time during the last few years; on one day or another in the last few years they bought phone. Your original sentence makes sense. "For the last few years" refers to …
Peter has been a journalist for the past 10 years.
Oct 24, 2019 · I have been taught that "XXX have done something for YYY years" means "XXX started doing something in the past and has been continuing until now, and it's still ongoing." Does that apply to "during", "in" or "over"? For instance: Peter has been a journalist for the past 10 years. Peter has been a journalist in the past 10 years.
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English - England. Dec 10, 2014. #7. Normally, time is treated as one single unit: "Five hours is a long time to wait." In your example, it is different: each of the years has witnessed something, and so, together they (the years) have each witnessed something. For a native speaker, it is simple: you change the subject for a pronoun and see ...
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May 14, 2010 · Sep 3, 2008. #4. It's not idiomatic to use "over" in this way, WV. We would use "over" if describing a period of time. For example, if the "recent years" were a period of 10 years, you would say "Over the past 10 years..." or "Over a period of 10 years". The use of "recent years" is non-specific so there is nothing for "over" to bridge.