problem of “since”

📚 Grammar / Syntax

1."It has been 5 years since I have had a customer."(Do I have a customer now?)

2."He has been getting bad headaches since he has been in the army."(Is he still in the army now?)

It seems that sentence 1 means "I have no customer now".But sentence 2 means"he must still be in the army now"

I wonder what makes this difference?

Posted Nov 1, 2023, 4:10 PM UTC

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