“I've lived here for 2020.”
Prepositions Entry 323 / 1011 60-second read
Since vs. For (duration)
Since = starting point, For = length of time.
The comparisoni
“I've lived here since 2020.”
The ruleii
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Since = WHEN (2020, Monday).
'Since' marks when it started, 'for' shows how long.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Since = WHEN (2020, Monday). For = HOW LONG (5 years, 2 days).