Hello, teachers. How are you? I have a question about usage of 'since' and 'after'. I know that 'since' and 'after' have different usage in different sentences but sometimes I feel like both are interchangeable.
For example,
Yesterday was the hottest day since I came here.
Yesterday was the hottest day after I came here.
I think either one is fine or is there a difference in meaning and usage? Thank you so much as usual and I really hope to hear from you.
For example,
Yesterday was the hottest day since I came here.
Yesterday was the hottest day after I came here.
I think either one is fine or is there a difference in meaning and usage? Thank you so much as usual and I really hope to hear from you.
Comments
CB
Yesterday was the hottest day after I came here.
If the second sentence is meant to mean the same as the first, it is unidiomatic. "After" is impossible in that setting; that's what we have "since" for.
If these both conjunctions were interchangeable, people would be using both, but as far as I know, I have seen only sinceplenty of times in such usage.