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Teal lime Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Go back in time & Turn back time

If the following two sentences are both correct, do they mean the same thing?

1) I would like to turn back time and be sixteen again.
2) I would like to go back in time and be sixteen again.

Also, are there other ways to say this?

Thank you.

  

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The two sentences have different meanings. 1) I would like to turn back time and be sixteen again. -- This means that you wish you could reverse the aging process and be sixteen again in the present day .

— Doctor D

  • The two sentences have different meanings.
  • 1) I would like to turn back time and be sixteen again.
  • -- This means that you wish you could reverse the aging process and be sixteen again in the present day .
  • 2) I would like to go back in time and be sixteen again.
  • ) to be sixteen again in the past .
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The two sentences have different meanings.

1) I would like to turn back time and be sixteen again. -- This means that you wish you could reverse the aging process and be sixteen again in the present day.
2) I would like to go back in time and be sixteen again. -- This means that you wish you could find a way (a time machine?) to be sixteen again

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