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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

at one point in time

Do these mean the same thing?

1-At one point in time, they have all come here.
2-At one point in time, they all came here.

3-They have all come here at one point in time.
4-They all came here at one point in time.
  

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Anonymous Do these mean the same thing? Yes.

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  • Anonymous Do these mean the same thing?
  • Yes.
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AnonymousDo these mean the same thing?
Yes.
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Is at one point possible: At one point she had 5 dogs.
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Anonymous At one point she had 5 dogs.
This is quite common.
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Your meaning is unclear to me.

eg At one point in time, they all came here.

Do you mean 'They all came here at the same time'?
Or do you mean 'They all came here at different times'?

I think the former, but I am not s
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I shouldn't speak for the poster, but I've often heard the expression used to describe the latter case, so that's what I assumed. (Sometimes it's "at some point in time" --- that is, "sooner or later.")

Eg, At some/one point in time, all of the important American composers of the period studied in Paris with Nadia Boulenger.
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