Present perfect: typical errors
We don’t use since with periods of time:
I’velived here for most of my life.
Not: … since most of my life.
We don’t use the present simple or the present continuous when we talk about ‘time up to now’. We use the present perfect:
They’veknown each other since January.
Not: They know each other since January.
Not: They’re knowing each other since January.
We usually use the present perfect simple with the first time when we’re talking about an immediate, continuing or recent event:
Was that the first time you’veplayed that song?
Not: Was that the first time you play that song?
See also:
Ever
Never or not … ever?
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