http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SinceSimplePresent/vhcch/post.htm#369352Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:21:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:369352Kooyeen0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SinceSimplePresent/vhcch/post.htm#369352http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-369352.xmlI see, Jim, thanks.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SinceSimplePresent/vhcch/post.htm#369172Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:21:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:369172CalifJim1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SinceSimplePresent/vhcch/post.htm#369172http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-369172.xmlA since construct only when the main verb is in the present perfect? What dude or dudette gave you that bum steer? Nothing wrong with your examples. (What's this dude and dudette stuff? Are you slowly devolving? ) CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SinceSimplePresent/vhcch/post.htmSat, 25 Apr 2009 14:21:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:369094Kooyeen2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SinceSimplePresent/vhcch/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-369094.xmlHi, this is always the same question... everybody says that I always have to use perfect tenses with "since", but... is that true? I have a couple of examples: Commercial on TV: "Duff Beer: the best American beer since 1905." Dude says: "Did you see that comercial? They say Duff is the best American Beer since 1905. Whoa!" Is that ok? That's a present tense. Is it odd and should it be "They say Duff has been the best American Beer since 1905"? Twenty soldiers were killed today in the worst attack since the beginning of the war... Dude says: "Oh, really? Is this really the worst attack since the war started?" Dudette says: "I don't know, but they said it was the worst attack since the beginning..." Are those ok? There's a simple present...