Standard English ConventionsHardPresent perfect with 'since'
Standard English Conventions practice question
The museum ____ more than a million visitors since it opened in 2010.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. has welcomedCorrect
- B. welcomed
- C. welcomes
- D. had welcomed
Answer: A. has welcomed
'Since it opened in 2010' describes a span from then up to now. Action over a period that continues to the present takes the present perfect: 'has welcomed'.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. welcomed
- Simple past 'welcomed' suggests a finished period, but 'since 2010' runs up to the present.
- C. welcomes
- Present 'welcomes' describes what happens now, not a total accumulated since 2010.
- D. had welcomed
- 'had welcomed' is past perfect, for an action completed before another past event. The counting continues to today.
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