- I’ve been at home for 4 hours.
- I’ve been at home since 12.00.
Since digunakan dengan sebuah titik waktu. Contoh:
- I’ve lived here since March.
- I’ve been here since 9.00 this morning.
- I’ve studied english since last year – Benar
- I studied / I am studying / I will study English since last year – Tidak benar
- I’ve studied English since I was at university.
- We haven’t seen my family since we got married.
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For digunakan dengan sebuah periode waktu. Contoh:
- I’ve lived here for 9 months.
- She’s been here for 5 hours.
- I lived here for 9 months - Periode waktu ini dimulai dan berakhir di masa lampau, sekarang telah selesai.
- I will live here for a year – Periode waktu ini akan dimulai dan berakhir di masa mendatang, sekarang belum dilakukan.
- I have lived here for a long tome - Periode waktu ini dimulai di masa lampau dan masih terus berlanjut sampai sekarang. Belum berakhir.
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