pendant : tense corresponds to general context. He is to be kept on a spare diet for ten days (Hippocrates). ⤠depuis : present perfect. Here for ten long years ...
Grammar bites I choosing between during, for & since, and getting the tenses right Date
Choosing the right word Duration
Event
Pendant
for
during
Depuis
for
since
Tenses with ‘during’
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During the rest of the conversation he remained sitting (Plato)
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During the treatment, the part should be bathed with plenty of warm water (Hippocrates)
THE TENSE CORRESPONDS TO THE CONTEXT
Tenses with ‘for’ ✤
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pendant : tense corresponds to general context He is to be kept on a spare diet for ten days (Hippocrates) depuis : present perfect Here for ten long years have I remained. (Sophocles) or pluperfect He forgot that Arruntius had been kept at home now for ten years (Tacitus)
Tenses with ‘since’ ✤
puisque : tense corresponds to context Since it would be absurd to advise the patient to take something hot (Hippocrates)
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depuis : present perfect Since then, we have spoken of the primary element (Aristotle) or pluperfect Since the death of Craterus no man had been so much talked of in the army (Plutarch) NB : if a verb follows ‘since’ it should be simple past tense ‘Since the structure of DNA was discovered, scientists have made great progress .
Understanding the perfect tenses ✤
Present perfect = present of HAVE + past participle clues : recently, so far, up to now, over the past year
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Pluperfect = HAD + past participle clues : by that time, before then
T = moment de l’énonciation R = moment de référence dans le passé R2
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