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Originally Posted by irmamar
Wy "since" instead of "from" in this sentence?:
I had been living there since 1980, but he told me my mother wanted me to go back home.
I think that the action is finished. 
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Yes, the action is finished, but you are using the pluperfect, so in the past action, it was continuous. I'm afraid English is out of line here, and
since is correct even though illogical, with no explanation to offer.
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Originally Posted by irmamar
But an example in my book is:
I was a vegetarian from 1982.
I have been a vegetarian since 1982.
In Spanish: Fui vegetariana/he sido vegetariana desde 1982.
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"I was a vegetarian from 1982" makes no sense to me taken on its own.
I have been a vegetarian since 1982 = and I still am.