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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
"AS" to mean "progressively" ???
Could you please tell me how you would say this sentence naturally?
1 Set the table as the customers leave, don't wait until all the cutomers are gone to set all the table at once.
2 Shelve the books as the customers bring the books back. Don't wait until you have a lot of them to start putting them up.
Thank you
1 Set the table as the customers leave, don't wait until all the cutomers are gone to set all the table at once.
2 Shelve the books as the customers bring the books back. Don't wait until you have a lot of them to start putting them up.
Thank you
Top answer
You need an s on the final "table" in no. 1, but, otherwise, that is a natural way to say what you mean. No.
- You need an s on the final "table" in no.
- 1, but, otherwise, that is a natural way to say what you mean.
- No.
- 2 is fine.
- You've captured the idea of instructing the worker(s) to do these activities as they go along, rather than waiting and having to do all of them at once.
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You need an s on the final "table" in no. 1, but, otherwise, that is a natural way to say what you mean.
No. 2 is fine.
You've captured the idea of instructing the worker(s) to do these activities as they go along, rather than waiting and having to do all of them at once.
No. 2 is fine.
You've captured the idea of instructing the worker(s) to do these activities as they go along, rather than waiting and having to do all of them at once.
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