Direction: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative.In case no improvement is needed your answer is (4).
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Mr. Sharma has been living in this city since five years.
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- for
- only
- from
- No improvement
Correct Option: A
for (Prep.) is used for saying how long something lasts/continues/has been the case (a period of time) since (Conj.) is used for saying that something has been the case from a particular time in the past until now (a point in time)
⇒ He has been living in Paris for three months.
⇒ He has been living in Paris since 1980.
Here, for is the right usage.
