Questions tagged [time]
For questions about expressing time in English.
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"imprisonment for ten years" VS "imprisonment of ten years" VS "ten years' imprisonment"
my own examples:
(1) imprisonment for ten years
(2) imprisonment of ten years
(3) ten years' imprisonment
As far as I understand, they are all correct.
What's the difference between them?
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Time clauses with present perfect
I will tell him that when I call him
I will tell him that when I have called him
I will eat a lot when I get to Spain
I will eat a lot when I have gotten to Spain
1 means that I will tell him ...
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Can we use time clauses with present perfect continuous
I will do it you when you come
I will do it when you are coming
I will do it when you have come
1 means after or during my coming. 2 means during my coming. 3 means after my coming.
What if I say &...
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Q1 2024 but 1H 2024. Why?
To my knowledge:
one typically writes Q1 2024 and not 1Q 2024 to designate the first quarter of 2024 (example).
one typically writes 1H 2024 and not H1 2024 to designate the first half of 2024 (...
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Time clauses with different tenses
I know that we don't use future tenses after time clauses.
I will do it when you will come
That's why sentence number 1 is wrong
What about present continuous and be going to
I will do it when you ...
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Past Tense Story Telling
I'm a part-time hobby-writer, an average book reader....
The question I have for you is... I noticed that most writers favour the 'Past Tense' style in their writing and it leaves an open question in ...
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"Items should be paid for within 14 days <of> <after> receipt." — What's the difference between "of" and "after" here?
oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com (item №2 -> Extra Examples):
(1) Items should be paid for within 14 days of receipt.
Seeing "of" is odd to me here.
As far as I can guess, "of" ...
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What's the difference between duration and span in the context of time?
one of the meanings of "span" from oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com:
span — the length of time that something lasts or is able to continue
the definition of "duration" from ...
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"I didn’t see her again (until) a few days afterwards." — How does "until" affect the meaning of the sentence?
an example from a dictionary (I couldn't find its source now):
(1) I didn’t see her again until a few days afterwards.
my variant:
(2) I didn’t see her again a few days afterwards.
How does "...
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1) A dictionary says "on a weekend" is a British informal phrase. Is it so? 2) "On the weekend of" is used in US and "at the weekend of" in UK, right?
As I understood, "at" is used with "weekend" in UK and "on" in US.
But there are some examples in a dictionary that confused me.
oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com:
on a ...
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Can "the mornings" be used as an adverbial? E.g.: "The mornings it was raining, I went for a massage. The mornings it was sunny, I went to the beach."
I know that the prepositional phrases "in/on the mornings", "in/on the afternoons" and "in/on the evenings" can be used as adverbials.
But I don't know whether the noun ...
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Trying to find the ultimate rule as to when to use 'on' instead of 'in' for parts of the day [duplicate]
Note: by "parts of the day" I only mean: morning, afternoon, evening, and night. This question is only relevant to these four.
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According to Cambridge dictionary:
We use in with ...
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Reported Speech Time Expression
[Direct speech]
We can change the environmental campaign next year?
How should this sentence be written in reported speech?
A: He is saying they can change the environmental campaign next year.
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Does "since [year]" include that year?
I had a disagreement with my Professor regarding the use of the word "since" in a few of our exam questions. The sentence was "dividends have not been paid since 2021". In ...
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Place of a time expression in a negative sentence
Is it possible to put the time expressions before or after the negative word?
Or is there only one way?
For example :
The students usually don't like eating fish
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