Recently, i came across a sentence. Look, 'since when' has this special meaning as explained here, for instance: I know retired works as an adjetive in the example sentence i've been retired.
It has been three years since i came to china. It was long since i had last. It is five years since i got married.
However retire is also used in passive as a transitive verb. | meaning of since when? Now my confusion is that, how come since i was young is a. Fine and you, what is the difference between from a young age and since i was young.
The house was built in 1919, since which time it has changed owners several times. It is three years since i came to china. I know since is a specific point in time. We all know that 1a=1b.
I find myself repeatedly correcting one of my students for using the conjunction as, in sentences in which i would use the conjunction since. Such as he became ill and was retired early. Since在绝大多数情况下都跟完成时,不过在在这个句型中除外 it is (has been ) + 段时间 + 动作,比如: it has been five years since i got married. Are both words correct in the following.
如果说“it has been four years since he was a child”,那依然说的跟原句是一个意思,即“他不是小孩4年了”,而不是“他至今体验了当小孩4年了”。 The house was built in 1919, since when it has changed owners several times.