Present Perfect Examples - For vs Since (with Subtitles)

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Hello, this is Jack from tofluency.com
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and in this English lesson, we're going to have to look at the present perfect
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tense
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and more specifically, this phrase:
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"haven't been swimming for" and I used this
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in one my videos when I was talking about how swimming
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is like learning English and
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when I was specifically talking about
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why I don't go swimming that often, so let's have a look at how I used it...
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However, I
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haven't been swimming for months. So,
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in the video I said, "however I haven't been swimming
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from months." And I used it in this way
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because I was talking about duration
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from the past until now - so something
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that hasn't happened for some time.
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And with negative sentences we use
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the present perfect. Now, the
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actual verb that I used here; the phrase I used was
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"to go swimming" so you can see here how "to go swimming"
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changes to "I haven't been swimming."
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So, let's have a look at more examples using the present perfect
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in this way: I haven't seen my (best) friend
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for a few weeks. They haven't been to the cinema
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since November. Now in this example
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I am using "since." I haven't worked in an office
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for 8 years. So, those are three examples using in the present perfect in this way.
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Now, my question for you in this video
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is: What is something that you like doing
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but you haven't done it for a long time? So, leave your answers
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in the comments section below. Thanks for watching
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and see you next time!
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