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Clee62 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Cut off some time?

Hi,
I love swimming. I hope I can swim as fast as I could. In English, when people are trying to improve their time, do they say, " I try cut off my time?" or "I am trying to shave off some seconds?" Are they the common expressions?

Thanks,
  

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cut off my time -- no. Use one of these instead: I'm trying to cut my time down by a few seconds. I'm trying to shave a few seconds off my time.

— CalifJim

  • cut off my time -- no.
  • Use one of these instead: I'm trying to cut my time down by a few seconds.
  • I'm trying to shave a few seconds off my time.
  • CJ
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cut off my time -- no. Use one of these instead:

I'm trying to cut my time down by a few seconds.
I'm trying to shave a few seconds off my time.

CJ
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