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Ruttonjee Posted 19 years ago
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0 hi there, 22nd December, 2006 (Friday) 02 br
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00 Which one(s) of the following statement is/are more natural? I want to explain that an exhibition ended on 16th December, 2006. 02 br
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00 Which one(s) of the following statement is/are more natural? I want to explain that an exhibition ended on 16th December, 2006. 02 br
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0 1. 16th December was the last day of the exhibition. this is ok.
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- 16th December was the last day of the exhibition.
- this is ok.
- The third Saturday of December was the last day of the exhibition.
- This is theoretically ok but rather complicated, I can't see it being used much.
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0 1. 16th December was the last day of the exhibition. this is ok. Better style if you reverse the order 'The last day of the exhibition was 16th December. 02 br
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00 2.The third Saturday of December was the last day of the exhibition. This is theoretically ok but rather complicated, I can't see it being used much. Again, reverse as above. 02 br
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00 2.The third Saturday of December was the last day of the exhibition. This is theoretically ok but rather complicated, I can't see it being used much. Again, reverse as above. 02 br
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0 See some of these threads: 02 br
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0 hi Nora, 02 br
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00 Still want to ask about 'before'. You said, 'Before can only be used when you are stating what happens afterwards. The end of the exhibition was the Saturday before the end of term.' But how about 'I had a flu two days before.'? 02 br
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00 Simon 0-
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00 Still want to ask about 'before'. You said, 'Before can only be used when you are stating what happens afterwards. The end of the exhibition was the Saturday before the end of term.' But how about 'I had a flu two days before.'? 02 br
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0 Hi nona, 02 br
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00 I know somebody has posted the similar question. As a non-native speaker, I still don't understand the natural way of describe the day I want to say. 02 br
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00 Today is 23rd Decemeber, 2006 and I want to describe something that happened on 1st December, 2006 (Friday). Can I say 'three Fridays before last'? 02 br
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00 I know somebody has posted the similar question. As a non-native speaker, I still don't understand the natural way of describe the day I want to say. 02 br
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00 Today is 23rd Decemeber, 2006 and I want to describe something that happened on 1st December, 2006 (Friday). Can I say 'three Fridays before last'? 02 br
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0 But how about 'I had a flu two days before.'? (flu - no determiner). 02 br
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00 No, this doesn't work. I had flu two days ago. This is stating when you had flu. Today is Wednesday and you had flu on Monday. 02 br
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00 If you said to someone 'I had flu two days before' they would ask 'before what?'. It wouldn't mean two days ago. It could be I had flu t
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00 No, this doesn't work. I had flu two days ago. This is stating when you had flu. Today is Wednesday and you had flu on Monday. 02 br
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00 If you said to someone 'I had flu two days before' they would ask 'before what?'. It wouldn't mean two days ago. It could be I had flu t
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