Learn English – I’m in New York since one week

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I'm in New York with my parents and my sisters since one week.

The sentence is from a letter written by a teacher. Is "since one week" grammatical?
I'm not sure that in the sentence, the use of tense and adverbial is correct.

Best Answer

It depends. If you mean a one week period of time, and you are still there, then:

I have been in New York with my parents and my sisters for one week.

If you mean the 7 days prior to the statement, then:

I have been in New York with my parents and my sisters since one week ago.

I prefer have been since you are referring to a period of time.

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