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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
At first / from the first time
1) I am not good at first.
2) I am not good from the first time.
Can I say both prepositional phrases when I mean that I am clumsy when I start something new? What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much in advance.
2) I am not good from the first time.
Can I say both prepositional phrases when I mean that I am clumsy when I start something new? What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much in advance.
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Hans51 What do you native English speakers think? #1 sounds OK.
- Hans51 What do you native English speakers think?
- #1 sounds OK.
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Hans51What do you native English speakers think?#1 sounds OK.
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Thank you so much and then how about these?
1) We fell in love from the first time we met.
2) We fell in love at the first time we met.
3) You should have told me that in the first place.
4) You should have told me that from the first time.
As a non native English speaker, I cannot choose a correct one between them. What do you think?
1) We fell in love from the first time we met.
2) We fell in love at the first time we met.
3) You should have told me that in the first place.
4) You should have told me that from the first time.
As a non native English speaker, I cannot choose a correct one between them. What do you think?
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Basically, you cannot use 'from' when the action in essentially an immediate one.
1) We fell in love the first time we met.
2) We fell in love the first time we met.
3) You should have told me that in the first place.
4) You should have told me that at first.
1) We fell in love the first time we met.
2) We fell in love the first time we met.
3) You should have told me that in the first place.
4) You should have told me that at first.
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