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[Teo]

1. Since when do you read newspapers?
2. Since when have you been reading newspapers?
What's the difference in meaning between the above two sentences?
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Thank you very much for your reply.

[Philo Kevetch]

Hello Teo -

There is little or no difference between the two sentences

(other than grammatical).

Both express a sense of surprise or perhaps sarcasm (esp. #1).

Philo