"Since when are you here?" correct or not? I know generall "since"should be followed by "have",like "Since when have you been here?" But occasionally I hear some native speakers use "since"with the pr

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"Since when are you here?" correct or not? I know generall "since"should be followed by "have",like "Since when have you been here?" But occasionally I hear some native speakers use "since"with the present tenses of a "be"verb. Like"Honey,since when is our marriage a problem?!"----desperate housewives s1; "Since when are you a therapist?"desperate housewives s8; Can someone tell me how I can distinguish between "since...have"pattern and"sinceis(or are)"pattern?Thanks in advance.

6 Tem 2013 10:23

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As Christopher says, when you use 'since when' with the present tense, you are not talking about time. You are unhappy with the other person's behaviour, and you are expressing your disapproval or even accusing the the other person of what he/she has said or done. "Honey,since when is our marriage a problem?!"---Our marriage has never been, and isn't now, a problem. "Since when are you a therapist?"---Don't talk to me like that. You are not a therapist.

6 Temmuz 2013

If you say "Since when have you been here?", then you are talking about time. If you say "Since when are you here?", then you are talking about intention.

6 Temmuz 2013

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