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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A month / one month
Do we say,
(a) There is a Closing Down Sale at the superstore for a period of a month / one month.
(b) There is a closing down sale at the superstore for a period of 1st May 2007 until 31st May 2007.
(a) There is a Closing Down Sale at the superstore for a period of a month / one month.
(b) There is a closing down sale at the superstore for a period of 1st May 2007 until 31st May 2007.
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(a) There is a liquidation sale at the Superstore this month. (b) There is a liquidation sale at the Superstore from May 1st to 31st.
- (a) There is a liquidation sale at the Superstore this month.
- (b) There is a liquidation sale at the Superstore from May 1st to 31st.
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(a) There is a liquidation sale at the Superstore this month.
(b) There is a liquidation sale at the Superstore from May 1st to 31st.
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(a) There is a liquidation sale at the Superstore this month.
(b) There is a liquidation sale at the Superstore from May 1st to 31st.
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Thanks. If I insist using the phrases below, whic is correct?
"for a period of a month / one month / 1st May 2007 until 31st May 2007."
"for a period of a month / one month / 1st May 2007 until 31st May 2007."
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'Closing Down Sale' is perfectly acceptable, and all too common a sign in shop windows across Britain at this time.
(a) for a period of one month
(b) for the period from 1st May 2007 until 31st May 2007.
More commonly, though, it would be phrased '.....superstore throughout May'
(a) for a period of one month
(b) for the period from 1st May 2007 until 31st May 2007.
More commonly, though, it would be phrased '.....superstore throughout May'
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I agree with MM, None of the sentences is natural, and in fact, they both sounded clumsy.
On this side of the pond, when a store goes out of business and tries to sell the merchandise at faction of the retail price, it's called "liguidation sale" which has no time limit. The goal is to salvage as much cash as possible and as quickly as possilbe from the unsold merchandise. There is no
On this side of the pond, when a store goes out of business and tries to sell the merchandise at faction of the retail price, it's called "liguidation sale" which has no time limit. The goal is to salvage as much cash as possible and as quickly as possilbe from the unsold merchandise. There is no
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