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Bookmark or Share- Over the last decade Vs. since the last decade - WordReference ForumsSince the last decade = from the end of the previous decade until today (if you said this today, you would mean 2001-2013 or 2000-2013, depending on when you think decades end.) Click to expand... It seems to me, if such an expression were used, it ought to mean 'since the end of the last recognised period of ten years': in other words, over ...
- for over three decades vs over three decades - WordReference Forumsfor over three decades ＝ for more than three decades (because this "over" is used as an adverb) over three decades ≒ for three decades (because this "over" is used as a preposition) over the past few decades＝for three decades including some point in the past or including the present (depending on the verb tense) Is this way of thinking ...
- Decades' worth or decades worth - WordReference ForumsThis year-in-review proofreading quiz has started me thinking about the use of the possessive before the word worth, as in this example: Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world, erupted in mass protests in January 2011, as the revolution in Tunisia inflamed decades worth of smoldering...
- Decades in the Making | WordReference ForumsIt refers to a crisis that has taken decades to reach its current state. "[Time period] in the making" is an idiom meaning "this situation has been developing for [time period] and has now reached fruition/culmination/crisis." It doesn't have to be bad; it can refer to good things as well.
- For decades, doctors thought or have thought ... - WordReference ForumsFor decades, doctors (thought/have thought) that genetics or anxiety or even spicy foods caused stomach ulcers. And, if that is the complete exam question, then, as you correctly pointed out (and I missed), the only possible correct answer is "thought," because "have thought ... caused" doesn't work grammatically. There is also the semantic aspect.
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