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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
For the while
Are these sentences correct:
1) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyles for the while we stay here.
2) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyles until we leave here.
3) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyle while we stay here.
They are all supposed to mean the same. We make some changes. Then when we leave here, we go back to our old ways.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyles for the while we stay here.
2) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyles until we leave here.
3) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyle while we stay here.
They are all supposed to mean the same. We make some changes. Then when we leave here, we go back to our old ways.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
" You need a noun ("time") for the article ("the"). 2) and 3) are fine. "
- " You need a noun ("time") for the article ("the").
- 2) and 3) are fine.
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1) "for the time we stay here." You need a noun ("time") for the article ("the").
2) and 3) are fine. They use "until" and "while" as conjunctions to introduce the presence clauses, "leave" and "stay."
2) and 3) are fine. They use "until" and "while" as conjunctions to introduce the presence clauses, "leave" and "stay."
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Thank you very much Deadrat for all your replies,
Do these work as well:
4) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyles for the time our child learns to walk.
5) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyles until our child learns to walk.
6) We need to make a few ch
Do these work as well:
4) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyles for the time our child learns to walk.
5) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyles until our child learns to walk.
6) We need to make a few ch
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deadrat1) "for the time we stay here." You need a noun ("time") for the article ("the").2) and 3) are fine. They use "until" and "while" as conjunctions to introduce the presence clauses, "leave" and "stay."I'm , like you, familiar with 'for the time', and 'for the while' does seem a bit strange to me. Still, the word while is also a noun (I've consulted my
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The simple present in the subordinate clause merely presents an extent of time (the one during which the learning goes on). This implies that your changes take place during that time, all at once or one after the other. English verbs by themselves don't allow you to express sequential or simultaneous action.
You have to say something like,
"We will make a few changes in
You have to say something like,
"We will make a few changes in
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Sorry if my last post wasn't clear.
I wasn't referring to the original sentence. I just wanted to know whether you'd accept a sentence like
Frank looked after our dog for the while we were in Spain.(=for the time we were in Spain)
Do you think that this sentence is grammatical?
I wasn't referring to the original sentence. I just wanted to know whether you'd accept a sentence like
Frank looked after our dog for the while we were in Spain.(=for the time we were in Spain)
Do you think that this sentence is grammatical?
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No, "the while" isn't idiomatic for "the time." "All the while" is. Go figure:
Frank looked after our dog all the while we were in Spain.
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Thank you very much Deadrat for your kind replies.
One more question:
How about:
4) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyles for the time our child learns to walk.
5) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyles until our child learns to walk.
One more question:
How about:
4) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyles for the time our child learns to walk.
5) We need to make a few changes in our lifestyles until our child learns to walk.
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I take the implication that you intend to have finished making the changes before your child starts learning to walk. This isn't a grammatical consideration, but a semantic one. If the changes are needful while the child is learning to walk, then it doesn't make sense to delay some of them until after the child starts learning.
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