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since and from

Post by vims »

Dear Alan,

I read the following sentence in a book.

He has been working from morning.

I believe it should be since morning instead of from morning.

Please help
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Re: since and from

Post by Alan »

Strictly speaking, you are right.

Informally, however, 'from' often replaces 'since' in such time expressions.
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