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Ann225 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Hi everyone,
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Can I use both of these? Is one of them more preferred than the other?
'overrun a session or a lecture by a couple of minutes'
'run overtime with a lecture'
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'comply with someone's wishes, follow through with someone's request'
What could I use if I were talking to a friend?
'3.
to be cut off the garbage services'
'there can't be any garbage pickups'
Could I use these if I wanted to say that the garbage car hasn't emptied the dustbins for a while because the road has been under construction?
I'm sorry if I haven't provided enough context but I hope this will be enough. Thank you.
1.
Can I use both of these? Is one of them more preferred than the other?
'overrun a session or a lecture by a couple of minutes'
'run overtime with a lecture'
2.
'comply with someone's wishes, follow through with someone's request'
What could I use if I were talking to a friend?
'3.
to be cut off the garbage services'
'there can't be any garbage pickups'
Could I use these if I wanted to say that the garbage car hasn't emptied the dustbins for a while because the road has been under construction?
I'm sorry if I haven't provided enough context but I hope this will be enough. Thank you.
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1. In the first case, it would be more usual to say that the session or lecture overran. In the second case you mean "run over time", not "run overtime".
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- In the first case, it would be more usual to say that the session or lecture overran.
- In the second case you mean "run over time", not "run overtime".
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- You want a less formal phrasing I suppose?
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1. In the first case, it would be more usual to say that the session or lecture overran. In the second case you mean "run over time", not "run overtime".
2. You want a less formal phrasing I suppose? You can say, for example. "I did what he/she asked".
3. The garbage/rubbish collection has been suspended while the road has been under construction.
2. You want a less formal phrasing I suppose? You can say, for example. "I did what he/she asked".
3. The garbage/rubbish collection has been suspended while the road has been under construction.
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In the first case, when I want to say that a teacher runs over time with her lectures, would it be possible to say:'' She again overran the lecture by ten minutes.''? I think I heard it on TV. That's why I'm asking. Or is there a better way to say it when I talk about a person?
In the third case, ''could I use the examples I wrote as well?
Many thanks.
In the third case, ''could I use the examples I wrote as well?
Many thanks.
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Ann225 would it be possible to say:'' She again overran the lecture by ten minutes.''?In my opinion, it is doubtful whether this is strictly a correct use of the transitive verb "overrun". I can't find any authority for this use in dictionaries (I am happy to be corrected if someone else can). However, it is intelligible, and I can believe that you might have
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And how would you say it if you wanted to express that your professor's lectures are 10 minutes longer than they should be?What would you use instead of 'overrun'?
Thank you again for helping me with that.
Thank you again for helping me with that.
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Mister MicawberGPY "run overtime".This is common in AmE.OK, thanks, I didn't know that. Do you think it is technically a mistake for "run over time", or is there some way of understanding it that I'm not seeing?
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GPY Do you think it is technically a mistake for "run over time"Maybe, but that has a different meaning to me: 'to run for a considerable length of time' (as in 'Over time, she grew to love me.') To me, it sounds like it derives from 'run into overtime' or something like that, but I don't know the real etymology.
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Ann225And how would you say it if you wanted to express that your professor's lectures are 10 minutes longer than they should be?What would you use instead of 'overrun'?You can say that the lectures overrun by 10 minutes.
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