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Old May 07, 2010, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by irmamar View Post
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.

I guess it can be said in both way, but since it is normally or more used when talking about distance in time and from for longitudinal distance.
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