For the past two days, I have been feeling cold. vs Since the past two days I have been feeling cold.

The phrase 'for the past two days, I have been feeling cold.' is correct, while the phrase 'since the past two days I have been feeling cold.' is incorrect. 'For the past two days' is the appropriate phrase to indicate a specific duration of time in the past, while 'since' is used to refer to a starting point in time.

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For the past two days, I have been feeling cold.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate a specific duration of time in the past.

This phrase is used to express that the feeling of being cold has been ongoing for the last two days.

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For the past two days, search crews have dredged the waterway.
For the past two days, the world has been torn apart by earthquakes.
For the past two days, the world has been torn apart by earthquakes.
In the past two days, I've kept a Russian company from getting too much power in this hemisphere.
Yes, I know you haven't been into boys for the past two days.
Now that you mention it, I have been feeling a little weird lately.
Henry, listen, I have been feeling exhausted, not your normal kind of tired.
For the past two days, an encryption team has been waiting for the data on the other Olivia's hard drive.
Weiss brought his niece here for the past two days.
I've been searching for the past two days.
Well, I have been feeling a little tense lately.
Henry, listen, I have been feeling exhausted, not your normal kind of tired.
He hasn't shown up for work the past two days, either.
In the past two days, we've made $387, and that's a good start.
We've been looking for you for the past two days.
I'm sorry, but the income you've reported for the past two days is simply too low to be believed.
I need an analysis of Clarke's vital signs for the past two days.
I've been in this lobby for the past two days waiting for my interview with Senator Kennedy.
That's the most you've said for the past two days.
That's why you've been leading us around for the past two days by our nose.

Since the past two days I have been feeling cold.

This phrase is incorrect in English usage. 'Since' should not be used with 'the past two days' to indicate a duration of time.

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Now that you mention it, I have been feeling a little weird lately.
And I have been feeling remarkably youthful these days.
Thank you. I have been feeling more adventurous lately.
I have been feeling... not right.
Henry, listen, I have been feeling exhausted, not your normal kind of tired.
I have been feeling kind of tired.
I have been feeling kind of tired.
Jeff, lately I have been feeling a little unappreciated.
I have been feeling something nearly new.
I have been hearing that since the past two years.
I have been feeling down lately.
Also I realized after studying our star charts why I have been feeling so off balance lately.
Well, I have been feeling a little tense lately.
Henry, listen, I have been feeling exhausted, not your normal kind of tired.
But the past two days he's been very depressed.
His car was ticketed twice over the past two days.
Weiss brought his niece here for the past two days.
There were over twenty attacks in the past two days.
The press have been harassing us the past two days.
I've been searching for the past two days.

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For the past two days, I have been feeling cold. vs Since the past two days I have been feeling cold.