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Jenny chiu Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

for a while

I started to learn English for a while.

Is it correct grammar?
  

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Jenny chiu Is it correct grammar? Yes, but it’s not very clear or natural. , I studied English for a while.

— RandomGuy

  • Jenny chiu Is it correct grammar?
  • Yes, but it’s not very clear or natural.
  • , I studied English for a while.
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Jenny chiuIs it correct grammar?
Yes, but it’s not very clear or natural. I would say it differently, e.g., I studied English for a while.
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Jenny chiuI started to learn English for a while.
It doesn't quite work because starting takes only an instant so you can't do it "for a while".

For the same reason, you can't have any of these:

I won the race for a while.
The plane landed for a while.
The bomb exploded for a while.
Peter recognized me for
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CalifJimMaybe you mean this:I started to learn English, but I gave it up after a while.
Or maybe I decided to learn English for a while [and then stop before long].
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It has been a while since I started to learn English. OR I started learning English a while ago.

These examples imply that your learning is continuing, as opposed to some of the other replies which indicate that you studied English for a while and then stopped. I could not tell from your original post what the intended meaning was, so I thought I would supply these options just in case
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