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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
during a?
In what situation would you use these?
1) during a lunch time
2) during the lunch time
3) during lunch time
1) during a lunch time
2) during the lunch time
3) during lunch time
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I think they are okay here: This book is really interesting; we can discuss it during the lunch time tomorrow. These people often talk about politics during lunch time . Such matters need to be discussed during a lunch break
- I think they are okay here: This book is really interesting; we can discuss it during the lunch time tomorrow.
- These people often talk about politics during lunch time .
- Such matters need to be discussed during a lunch break
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I think they are okay here:
This book is really interesting; we can discuss it during the lunch time tomorrow.
These people often talk about politics during lunch time.
Such matters need to be discussed during a lunch break
This book is really interesting; we can discuss it during the lunch time tomorrow.
These people often talk about politics during lunch time.
Such matters need to be discussed during a lunch break
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Thank you very much for a quick response.
So you don't normally say "during a lunch time."
So you don't normally say "during a lunch time."
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teacherJapanSo you don't normally say "during a lunch time."I think so. However,context decides it.
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teacherJapanSo you don't normally say "during a lunch time."Right.
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teacherJapanSo you don't normally say "during a lunch time."You could, if you are saying that something will happen during a lunchtime but, not mentioning which one.
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teacherJapan1) during a lunch timeWhen something happens during one lunch time out of more than one, but, you are not specifying which lunch time.
teacherJapan2) during the lunch timeWhen something happens during a particular lunch time that has already been mentioned or made clear from context.
teacherJa
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This is what I understand. During a lunch time - without a specific context, I would not support using it.
Possible: My grandmom told me that she met grandpa during a (business) lunch.
Idiomatically, we don't say "during a lunch time", because lunch is understood as a duration when people have to eat, or run their errands in that time window. e.g. She called me 3 times during lunch today
Possible: My grandmom told me that she met grandpa during a (business) lunch.
Idiomatically, we don't say "during a lunch time", because lunch is understood as a duration when people have to eat, or run their errands in that time window. e.g. She called me 3 times during lunch today
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In my experience, a much more common phrase in many contexts is simply 'at lunch-time'.
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