Learning a language is a process of trial and error. Of course, as a non-native speaker, you will occasionally make mistakes; you can't avoid that.
But if you become aware of some common mistakes, you will be one step closer to professionalising your business English.
A common grammatical error made in English by non-native speakers is the use of for versus since.
The use of the Dutch word 'sinds' can be 'for' or 'since' in English, but Dutch speakers often use only 'since'.
The difference between for and since is as follows:
For
For indicates a period of time from beginning to end in the past, present or future:
Since
Since indicates a period from a point in the past to the present:
Example
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