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What is the difference between the following two sentences?

  • I have had a headache since this morning.
  • I am having a headache since this morning.
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I've had a headache since past.time.point is normal, idiomatic, and grammatical.

*I'm having a headache since past.time.point, however, is ungrammatical,
because the present progressive construction ('m having) refers to the present moment,
while the prepositional phrase (since past.time.point) refers to a length of time in the past,
starting at past.time.point and continuing to the present,
rather than directly to present.time.point, which is what the present progressive needs. Thus,
I'm having a headache right now/today/at the moment are all OK, for instance.

As Barrie points out, today morning is not grammatical in British or American English;
the idiom there is this morning instead.

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Neither is grammatical in British Standard English, where what you want is I've had a headache since this morning. However, I believe today morning is found in Indian English.

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  • Barrie I have edited my question. – Jacob Sep 3 '13 at 19:32
  • I'm not saying 'today morning' is wrong. It just isn't found in American or British English. – Barrie England Sep 3 '13 at 19:41

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