- I haven't talked to my wife for three years.
- I haven't talked to my wife in three years.
Are in and for interchangeable in these sentences?
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1My idea of differentiation-I haven't talked ....for 3 years: You did not want to talk. If You talk with someone in years- it may imply that you did not get the opportunity to talk.– weakphonemeCommented Oct 28, 2014 at 13:56
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Effectively, in that situation they are. The meaning each is conveying is thus:
I haven't talked to my wife for a running period of 3 years [as if you were timing it from the beginning]
and
I haven't talked to my wife in the period prior which was 3 years
As you can see the meaning is still practically the same, but they are built from slightly different ways of looking at the period of time.
