Present perfect with SINCE and FOR.
Our LIFE EXPERIENCE start in the past…
I am in London (at the moment of speaking). => it’s the present, NOW.
I have been in London since Monday / for two weeks.
=> I’m still in London at the moment of speaking, but the action has started in the past.
Others examples:
I have lived in NYC since 1995. (I’m still living in NYC at the moment).
I have known him since I was ten.
We have been married for many years.
I have known him for a long time.
PRESENT PERFECT + SINCE / FOR :
The action has started in the past, and is still existing at the moment of speaking.
- 009: Present Perfect: I have done
- 010: Present Perfect: I have done, about our life experience (2)
- 010: Present Perfect until now …
- 010: Present Perfect with SINCE and FOR
- 011: Present Perfect Continuous: I have been doing
- 012: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous?
- 012: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous? (2)