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I actually misunderstood the entire statement because of this. I thought this was happening because of a politician from the green party and was going over gree
by ajmurmann 11y ago
I actually misunderstood the entire statement because of this. I thought this was happening because of a politician from the green party and was going over green party politicians to figure out whom could possible me meant.
I live in the US since 8 years and still misunderstood it.
- tormeh 11y agoFriendly tip: You need to look at the different uses of "since" and "for" in English.
- ajmurmann 11y agoYeah, thanks. I know the difference in theory, but reliably mess it up. If more people were to call me on it like you did, it would probably be fixed by now. My American wife never tells me these things and just confirms it when someone else is so nice to point is out. :(
- qnaal 11y ago> I live in the US since 8 years and still misunderstood it. in particular it's hard to tell whether you mean 'since I were eight years old' vs 'for a span of eight years' also, a native speaker would probably use tense such as "I have lived", so casually, "I've lived in the US for 8 years and still misunderstood it." and noone ever uses whom, but you probably used it correctly ps you typoed 'possibly be' and 'it'
- spacehome 11y ago"no one" is two words, though, confusingly, for all intents and purposes it's a single unit, grammatically.
- pvaldes 11y agoI'm not the only one that tought exactly the same, at least.
- return0 11y agoExactly. ignorance of politics backfires both ways.
- ginko 11y agoThat was my thought as well.