Using since and for

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and we use it to talk about when something started.

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But also it's something that is still true.

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So I have been here since 2021 and I still work here now,

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so it's still true.

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Yeah, and that's different to 'for', isn't it?

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When you say I've worked here for 20 years,

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we're talking about the length of time.

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Exactly. And that can be something that is still true.

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For example, you've worked here for 20 years and you still work here now,

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but it also could be something in the past.

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So, for example, you said you worked in a fish and chip shop for a summer.

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And that summer has a length of time, it has a start and an end.

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So what is the funniest thing that's ever happened at work, Beth?

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Er...

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Well, when I was a teenager, I worked at a farm

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and sometimes the goats would escape.

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So I had to run after baby goats

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and I would have to pick them up and put them back.

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But I got a little cuddle with a baby goat.