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1."He cannot think ahead more than one hour". (meaning that thinking ahead one hour is all he can do, in contrast to thinking about tomorrow for example). I'm not sure it's clear Emotion: smile
2. "It stops my mind from wandering into past or future".

--- Maybe it should be "the past or the future".
  

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"He cannot think ahead more than one hour". (meaning that thinking ahead one hour is all he can do, in contrast to thinking about tomorrow for example). I'm not sure it's clear OK, but we'd usually say "He cannot think more than one hour ahead".

— Clive

  • "He cannot think ahead more than one hour".
  • (meaning that thinking ahead one hour is all he can do, in contrast to thinking about tomorrow for example).
  • I'm not sure it's clear OK, but we'd usually say "He cannot think more than one hour ahead".
  • 2.
  • "It stops my mind from wandering into past or future".
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Hi,

1."He cannot think ahead more than one hour". (meaning that thinking ahead one hour is all he can

do, in contrast to thinking about tomorrow for example). I'm not sure it's clear
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Hi Clive

I think it's also possible to use "past" and "future" without articles. Do I have to use the articles "the" in this case because I'm talking about my own "past" and "future"?

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Hi,

It probably depends on the context, although right now I can't think of a context where I'd use these words as nouns without articles.

Clive
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