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Rule "perfect tense + since"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

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:
  • She works here since 2002.
    Correction suggestion: has worked, has been working, had worked, had been working
  • She works here since yesterday.
    Correction suggestion: has worked, has been working, had worked, had been working
ID: VERB_HERE_SINCE [3]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-21 22:33:10 +0100)