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Magic79 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Can you say: near past + recent past weeks ??

0WE can say:02br
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00I will do it in the 01u00near future02u00.02br
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00How about:02br
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00I did it in the 01u00near past02u00.02br
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00And can you say: " 01u00In the recent past weeks02u00, I have seen many movies"0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Magic7912cite 10I did it in the 11u 10near past12u 10. 11b 10(incorrect)12b 12br 12br 10And can you say: " 11u 10In the recent past weeks12u 10, I have seen many movies" (11b 10incorrect)12b 10. 12b 12br 12br 12blockquote 10 0-

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Magic7912cite 10I did it in the 11u 10near past12u 10.
  • 11b 10(incorrect)12b 12br 12br 10And can you say: " 11u 10In the recent past weeks12u 10, I have seen many movies" (11b 10incorrect)12b 10.
  • 12b 12br 12br 12blockquote 10 0-
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0 01blockquote
01cite10Magic7912cite10I did it in the 11u10near past12u10. 11b10(incorrect)12b12br
12br
10And can you say: " 11u10In the recent past weeks12u10, I have seen many movies" (11b10incorrect)12b10. 11b10In the past few week
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0 01i00In the 01b00recent weeks02b00, I have seen many movies. 02br
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite11blockquote
11cite20Magic7922cite22br
20I did it in the 21u20near past22u20. 21b20(incorrect)22b22br
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20And can you say: " 21u20In the recent past weeks22u20, I have seen many m
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11i10In the 11b10recent weeks12b10, I have seen many movies. 12br
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10Hi Marius02br
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00Just to confirm: 01i00In 01b00the02b00 01b00recent weeks02b00 ...
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01cite10Goodman12cite11blockquote
11cite20Yoong Liat22cite21blockquote
21cite30Magic7932cite30I did it in the 31u30near past32u30. 31b30(incorrect)32b32br
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30And can you say: " 31u30
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0 I'd wouldn't say "in the recent weeks" is incorrect, but "in recent weeks" is far more common.02br
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00 I also disagree a bit with Goodman. 02br
00 I don't like this sentence very much at all: "01i00For the last few weeks, I have seen lots of movies02i00."05000 This sentence would be much better with 'in' instead of 'for'
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0 01blockquote
01cite10Yoong Liat12cite11blockquote
11cite20Goodman22cite21blockquote
21cite30Yoong Liat32cite31blockquote
31cite40Magic7942cite42br
40I did it in the 41u40near past42u40. 41b40
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0 Hi Goodman02br
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00What is acceptable or otherwise is 01b00debatable just like the question of 02b00"01b00Mr." vs. "Mr".02b02br
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00I would like to have the view of other native speakers. Do they not classify 01b01i00Mr02i02b00 as BrE and 01i01b00Mr.
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00Liat,02p

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00Let's not "muddy" up the water on present perfect by starting another debate on "Mr." vs. "Mr". Event the experts have varying opinions. I understand that you have probably an image that my English is not quite native, which is ok. I take no offense. Debates are based on what you know and how you see about certain things which is the case he

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0 Hi Goodman02br
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00I do not question all the other things you have stated. But I'm curious about 01i00Mr and Mr.02i00 I think in standard usage Mr is BrE while Mr. is AmE. Despite what is stated in the dictionaries, I would like to hear from other native speakers. I believe it is not wrong for me to know what other native speakers have to say.02

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