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lady_b88 (lady_b88@mail.ru) 2006/10/22 13:22

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Subject: Re: I have lived in this house since ... or: I live....
Date: 22 Oct 2006 12:22:03 -0700
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"Dan писал(а):
"
> <lady_b88@mail.ru> wrote in message
> news:1161538566.517753.119630@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> >I have lived in this house since  60-th
> >
> I don't understand what you mean by 60-th.  If you mean 60th, then I ask,
> the 60th of what?
>
> But you would say, I have lived in this house since THE 60th.
>
>
> > OR:
> >
> > I have been living in this house since 60-th.
> >
> Again, you would say, I have been living in this house since THE 60th.
>
> > OR:
> > could I say:
> >
> > I live in this house since 60-th.
> >
> No, you cannot word it this way.

Thanks a lot. 
Surely I mean: since 1967 till today.


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