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since is used for a particular date or time in the past e.g. 1997, Tuesday, 4:00pm.

for is used for duration of time e.g. 10 years, 3 weeks, 10 mins.

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"Since" is used to indicate a specific point in time when an action began, while "for" is used to indicate the duration of time an action has lasted. For example, "I have been studying Spanish since January" (point in time) and "I have been studying Spanish for 6 months" (duration of time).

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