<From, since> January <to, until> April Diego didn't clean his room.

[boccaccio]

Hi dears, which way of expressing an action in the past do you think is better?


SINCE January TO April Diego didn't clean his room.

SINCE January UNTIL April Diego didn't clean his room.

FROM January TO April Diego didn't clean his room.


Thank you very much for your help!!!

 

[tepatria]

You would use "from...until" in this context.

 

[idialegre]

Hi dears, which way of expressing an action in the past do you think is better?

Hope you don't mind my remarking that the salutation, "Hi, Dears" makes us feel like a group of elderly ladies having tea.

 

[mally pense]

Yes, I think maybe "Hi everyone", or just "Hi" would have been better.

 

[Smudgette]

You would use "from...until" in this context.

Yes, and possibly different sentence formation. ' Diego didn't clean his room from January until March'. The other way around sounds... sort of ... strange.

Also just for info: 'Since' is used to indicate a period in the past up to the present time. Diego hasn't cleaned his room since January.

 

[mally pense]

The original way round works OK for me. It has the effect of emphasising the time period more than the person. It needs a comma after the "April" though, and maybe it would sound more natural if it was expanded to "From January right through to April, Diego didn't clean his room". Or maybe not.

 

[Smudgette]

and maybe it would sound more natural if it was expanded to "From January right through to April, Diego didn't clean his room". Or maybe not.

Yes I actually thought that when I first read it, and those were the very words that I considered would have made it sound more natural that way round. It would need that expansion to emphasise the time element.

 

[boccaccio]

hi Dears , thank you everyone for your useful answers!

 

[mally pense]

It's our pleasure, dear boccacco!