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Contiluo Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

All play but no study

Please check out the following sentences.

(1) This winter vacation, I couldn't just all play but no study as I did before.

(2) This winter vacation, I couldn't just all play but no study as I did in previous vacations.
  

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Hello, In the similarly constructed proverb " all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) ", "all work and no play" is a nominal idiom ( work and play are nouns ) and cannot, therefore, function as a verb. The same problem occurs in the case of your slightly altered construction. You can change your phrase into : This winter vacation, I couldn`t engage in all play and no study as I had previously done/ as in previous vacations/ as before..

— Skuld

  • Hello, In the similarly constructed proverb " all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) ", "all work and no play" is a nominal idiom ( work and play are nouns ) and cannot, therefore, function as a verb.
  • The same problem occurs in the case of your slightly altered construction.
  • You can change your phrase into : This winter vacation, I couldn`t engage in all play and no study as I had previously done/ as in previous vacations/ as before..
  • Hoping this helped, Diana.
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Hello,

In the similarly constructed proverb "all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) ", "all work and no play" is a nominal idiom ( work and play are nouns ) and cannot, therefore, function as a verb. The same problem occurs in the case of your slightly altered construction.
You can change your phrase into : This winter vacation, I c
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