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Sep 2 2013 09:20am
I´ve been working for the company since three years now.

I´ve been working for the company for three years.

Is this correct ?

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Sep 2 2013 09:35am
for would be the proper word choice here.
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Sep 2 2013 09:59am
Quote (iPaniiCC @ Sep 2 2013 05:35pm)
for would be the proper word choice here.

for both?

I have 2 sentences with gaps


I´ve been working for the company ______ three years now.

I´ve been working for the company ______ three years.

and i filled in since and then for

i thought the word now is a keyford for since:P

This post was edited by Schinafarmer on Sep 2 2013 09:59am
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Sep 2 2013 11:24am
dunno about gramatically but an american would say "for". on the other hand, i'd use "since" if it was like "i've been working for the company since 2010" or "...since three years ago"
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