Can I write "ten years have passed" without being followed by the word 'since'?

Question

TEN YEARS HAVE PASSED, Lengkong Wetan which used to be a hiding and meeting place for the national fighters, has now left almost no trace of it. However, there is only one coconut tree left as a “Historical Site” which marks Sakim’s house which is now leveled to the ground due to old age.

Another question, what should i use to replace 'old age'? Is this common?

Answer 1

Ten years have passed, and no trace remains of Lengkong Wetang the secret meeting place of the National Fighters. Today a lone coconut palm marks the Historic Site, where Sakim's house once stood, long ago levelled by the elements and the passing of many years.

Answer 2

Yes, but the punctuation is wrong and wording awkward in spots. Try this.

Ten years have passed. There is almost no trace left of Lengkong Wetan, which used to be a hiding and meeting place for the national fighters. There is only one coconut tree, left as an "historical site", which marks Sakims house (now leveled by decay).

Answer 3

Awake still's suggestions are good (I'm sure the "ten year" was a typo). You don't need "since" but it's not right as it is.

If you want since, you'd have to change the sentence a bit:
Ten years have passed since Lengkong Wetan was a hiding and meeting place for the national fighters, and almost no trace of it (I'd say "of those days" --unless the "it" is the hiding place? or LW itself?) remains.

"Old age" sounds a bit odd, and it seems as if the house is being leveled as we read. How about "..."Historical Site" where Sakim's house, too dilapidated to be left standing, once was."

"A single" coconut tree might express what you mean better than "only one".

Answer 4

Ten years passed leading to?
Ten years passed in memory of?
Or...don't mention the ten years at all. It is irrelevant according to what you have written here. You could, however, mention that even after ten years, there is only one coconut tree left.
Old age...maybe say...after many years.

Answer 5

Try this:

Ten years have passed; almost no trace remains of Lengkong Wetan, once a hiding and meeting place of the national fighters...(sub "decay, degradation)

Semi-colons rock!

Answer 6

The right way to say it - after ten years
for old age, replace it with deterioration. you don't use old age to describe a house. it's too elementary. old age is more appropriate in describing a person.

Answer 7

No to your first question. You would need to end it as a sentence.

TEN YEARS HAVE PASSED.

Old Age:
Synonyms: advancing years*, age, agedness, caducity, debility, declining years*, decrepitude, dotage, elderliness, feebleness, gold age, gold years, gray power, infirmity, second childhood*, senectitude, senescence, senility, years

Answer 8

I would either put a period (and have Lengkong begin a new sentence), or use a semicolon.

Also, put a comma after Wetan.

"Old age" usually refers to people. I might say "due to decay."

Answer 9

Yes, you can write it however you'd like to. Also, there should be a comma following "Lengkong Wetan".

Answer 10

QUestion one...you resolved i guess.

QUestion two...geriatric, elderly, grown-up, mature, middle-aged; pensioned, retired, superannuated; matriarchal, patriarchal, venerable; doddering, senile, tottery

for you, veneration, geriatric nature, mature views, doddering status, senility, ...