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Dick
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 7:21 pm
Post subject: Some Questions (Can anybody help me?) |
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(This article is talking about study habits.)
"... Then you should decide on good,regular times for studying."
What about this?
"...Then you should decide on good,regular time for studying?" or "...
Then you should decide on good,regular time for study."
What's the difference between them?
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Tony Mountifield
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 10:27 pm
Post subject: Re: Some Questions (Can anybody help me?) |
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In article <7f527187.0405280521.33bff6ae@posting.google.com>,
Dick <fullback@21cn.com> wrote:
| Quote: | (This article is talking about study habits.)
"... Then you should decide on good,regular times for studying."
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This is correct. It is referring to the distinct occasions you set
aside for the action of studying.
| Quote: | What about this?
"...Then you should decide on good,regular time for studying?"
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This is wrong. "Time" refers to time in general, rather than
distinct occasions, so doesn't fit with "regular".
| Quote: | or "... Then you should decide on good,regular time for study."
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"Time" is still wrong, but "study" is ok. However, I would naturally
say "studying" instead of "study".
And there should be a space between the comma and "regular", but
maybe that was a typo.
Hope this helps
Tony
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John Dean
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 7:23 am
Post subject: Re: Some Questions (Can anybody help me?) |
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Dick wrote:
| Quote: | (This article is talking about study habits.)
"... Then you should decide on good,regular times for studying."
What about this?
"...Then you should decide on good,regular time for studying?" or "...
Then you should decide on good,regular time for study."
What's the difference between them?
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You could use 'times' in both but not 'time'. They mean pretty much the
same thing.
You *could* say "... decide on *a* good, regular..." etc
In the first case, the suggestion is that you pick out several times for
study / studying which are good for you and which you will follow
regularly - eg Wednesday evening at 7, Thursday afternoon at 4 and
Sunday morning at 10.
The second case suggests you pick a set time of day - say 6 in the
evening - and do all your studying at that time.
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Einde O'Callaghan
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 12:23 am
Post subject: Re: Some Questions (Can anybody help me?) |
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Tony Mountifield wrote:
| Quote: | In article <7f527187.0405280521.33bff6ae@posting.google.com>,
Dick <fullback@21cn.com> wrote:
(This article is talking about study habits.)
"... Then you should decide on good,regular times for studying."
This is correct. It is referring to the distinct occasions you set
aside for the action of studying.
What about this?
"...Then you should decide on good,regular time for studying?"
This is wrong. "Time" refers to time in general, rather than
distinct occasions, so doesn't fit with "regular".
I disagree - this time could refer to one particular occasion, but the |
sentence is still wro0ng because the word "a" should be inserted before
"time".
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or "... Then you should decide on good,regular time for study."
"Time" is still wrong, but "study" is ok. However, I would naturally
say "studying" instead of "study".
I would on different occasions use both forms - "studying" is the gerund |
(i.e. the verbal noun) derived from the verb "to study", whereas "study"
in the last sentence is the noun corresponding to the same verb and
referring oto the same activity.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan |
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