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Message de jihaire posté le 11-04-2020 à 08:49:49 (S | E | F)
Hello
As reading a book written à century ago (about Iceland) I found an odd
use of the word "SINCE", I would have written "AGO" instead ) :
For instance :
"MANY OF THE FINEST THINGS WERE TAKEN THERE DECADES SINCE"
or
"HERE THE STURDY VIKING........ CRYSTALLISED A CIVILISATION CENTURIES SINCE"
or
"SOME YEARS SINCE A PARTY OF GENTLEMEN..... THREW MANY STONES INTO THE TUBE...."
Could someone explain to me why the word "Since" is here ?
Thank you very much
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Modifié par lucile83 le 11-04-2020 10:13
Merci d'éviter les majuscules...
Message de jihaire posté le 11-04-2020 à 08:49:49 (S | E | F)
Hello
As reading a book written à century ago (about Iceland) I found an odd
use of the word "SINCE", I would have written "AGO" instead ) :For instance :
"MANY OF THE FINEST THINGS WERE TAKEN THERE DECADES SINCE"
or
"HERE THE STURDY VIKING........ CRYSTALLISED A CIVILISATION CENTURIES SINCE"
or
"SOME YEARS SINCE A PARTY OF GENTLEMEN..... THREW MANY STONES INTO THE TUBE...."
Could someone explain to me why the word "Since" is here ?
Thank you very much
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Modifié par lucile83 le 11-04-2020 10:13
Merci d'éviter les majuscules...
Réponse : Since /aide de gerold, postée le 11-04-2020 à 12:21:08 (S | E)
Hello
In my (old) Harrap's Shorter :
"Since ... Old fashioned many years s., (ago), il y a bien des années; long s. ... (a long time ago), il y a longtemps ..."
Réponse : Since /aide de jihaire, postée le 15-04-2020 à 10:57:18 (S | E)
Merci pour votre réponse
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