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For - is used with a period of time; length of time

For is uesd for all tenses.

• for 1 day
• for 3 hours
• for 10 months
• for 30 minutes
• for 2 years
• for 9 years
• for many years
• I live in New York for 10 years.
• We went to the local school for many years.
• My husband has been working in the city for over 5 year.
• I was in the hospital for a few day.

Since - a certain point in time; a specific time

Since is used with the "perfect" tenses.

• since last month
• since since the 1990's.
• since Friday
• since 2001
• since I moved to New York
• since my sister was sick
• We have been working here since 2010.
• They have not been living here since the 1990's.
• How long is it since you got moved to Europe.
• We have been waiting here since 10am.

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