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I' ve got a specific sentence I would like to ask about.

"Since 2009 she worked there." The person doesn' t work there anymore, someone else does, but I refer to a specific period of time in the past that is over. Can past simple be used here?

Thank you

Silvia Lesniak
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  • Related - https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/1358/proper-usage-of-since-and-from-with-regard-to-duration-of-time – Phil Sweet Feb 14 '18 at 14:36
  • Related, and see Peter Shor's answer - https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/327556/since-she-had-given-up-smoking-or-since-she-gave-up-smoking. – Phil Sweet Feb 14 '18 at 14:39
  • Related - https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/344176/since-present-perfect. The research cited in this question seems to answer yours. – Phil Sweet Feb 14 '18 at 14:49

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For sure, but qualify your dates: "from 2009 to December 2016 she worked there".

Anonymous
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  • Thank you. I don' t know when that period ended, it' s just written (in Polish ) : "Since 2009 someone worked somewhere. Now (I don' t know the year when she began) someone else works there. – Silvia Lesniak Feb 14 '18 at 14:29
  • Then I would say that this person "worked at the establishment from (not since) 2009". If your interviewer then asks further questions, you can quite safely say that you are no longer in touch. I hope that helps! – Anonymous Feb 14 '18 at 14:38
  • You're very welcome! Please give me an upvote if you are able - it will increase both of our reputations... – Anonymous Feb 14 '18 at 14:47
  • Sure, but it displays a message: "Votes cast by those with less than 15 reputation are recorded, but do not change the publicly displayed post score." – Silvia Lesniak Feb 14 '18 at 15:06
  • No worries - I'm really pleased that I was able to help! – Anonymous Feb 14 '18 at 15:34
  • I'm sorry, Anonymous. How can this be an answer to 'The usage of since with past simple'? As it stands, neither question nor answer is appropriate on ELU. Without basic research, I doubt the question would be acceptable on ELL, which is for more basic questions. – Edwin Ashworth Feb 14 '18 at 16:25
  • Well, we were happy with the state of affairs, until just now! Past simple: my friend worked here since 2009. Problem solved? – Anonymous Feb 14 '18 at 16:52