Aug 28, 2013 09:14
10 yrs ago
English term

since/from

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I have a nice question for you: is this sentence correct? "Since the beginnig of the war, the italian army took part in...." or is this one correct? "From the beginning of the war, the italian army took part in..."

Please help me :)

Thanks, Martina
Change log

Sep 4, 2013 08:25: Sheila Wilson changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Cilian O'Tuama, Tony M, Sheila Wilson

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Discussion

JaneTranslates Aug 28, 2013:
Capitalize "Italian." Be sure to follow the examples Jenni and Melanie have given you; "Italian" should be written with a capital (upper-case) I.

Responses

+6
9 mins
Selected

From ... took part

If you use since, you have to change the verb to present perfect:

Since the beginning of the war, the Italian army *has taken part* ...

In other words, this describes an ongoing situation.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jack Doughty
11 mins
agree Ysabel812
12 mins
agree B D Finch
25 mins
agree cynthiatesser : or: Since the beginning of the war, the Italian army *had taken part* ...
10 hrs
agree Tony M
3 days 6 hrs
agree Sheila Wilson : since+has means war continues; since+had for past war
6 days
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+1
7 mins

From sounds better without more context*

*It occurs to me that "The Italian army had taken part in... since the beginning of the war" doesn't sound bad either, bit more context is needed to know whether the choice of tenses in both options is correct.
Peer comment(s):

agree eski : Greetings Jenn; 'Long time-no see'. :)
3 hrs
Cheers, eski. Long time no see. I hope all is well.
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