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Rule "perfect tense + since"

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Description: perfect tense + since
By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool
Message: Possible perfect tense error.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I work here since 2002.
    Correction suggestion: have worked, have been working, had worked, had been working
  • I work here since yesterday.
    Correction suggestion: have worked, have been working, had worked, had been working
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: VERB_HERE_SINCE [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-10-10 22:33:07 +0200)