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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

differences

Hello,

1. We sell something by the day.

2. We sell something during the day.

What is the difference between two sentences?

Thanks.
  

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The first is wierd-- it seems to suggest that day is a unit of measure for the product, like by the pound/gram . The second is the expected. A third possibility is We sell something by day -- which seems to imply that you do something more nefarious by night (but then, so does #2, I suppose).

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  • The first is wierd-- it seems to suggest that day is a unit of measure for the product, like by the pound/gram .
  • The second is the expected.
  • A third possibility is We sell something by day -- which seems to imply that you do something more nefarious by night (but then, so does #2, I suppose).
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The first is wierd-- it seems to suggest that day is a unit of measure for the product, like by the pound/gram.

The second is the expected.

A third possibility is We sell something by day-- which seems to imply that you do something more nefarious by night (but then, so does #2, I suppose).
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