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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Head start
Is this idiomatic? How do you say:
I got a head start on my work. I finished the homework that's due next week.
I got a head start on my work. I finished the homework that's due next week.
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Hi Yes, that's good I'm not sure of the origin but it may be that, in races, the younger or less able runners were allowed to start ahead of the other runners. They were given an "ahead start" So if you start your homework ahead of everyone else, you've given yourself a head start The 'a' is no longer used within the phrase: it's just a "head start" Definitely OK Dave
- Hi Yes, that's good I'm not sure of the origin but it may be that, in races, the younger or less able runners were allowed to start ahead of the other runners.
- They were given an "ahead start" So if you start your homework ahead of everyone else, you've given yourself a head start The 'a' is no longer used within the phrase: it's just a "head start" Definitely OK Dave
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Yes, that's good
I'm not sure of the origin but it may be that, in races, the younger or less able runners were allowed to start ahead of the other runners. They were given an "ahead start"
So if you start your homework ahead of everyone else, you've given yourself a head start
The 'a' is no longer used within the phrase: it's just a "head start"
Yes, that's good
I'm not sure of the origin but it may be that, in races, the younger or less able runners were allowed to start ahead of the other runners. They were given an "ahead start"
So if you start your homework ahead of everyone else, you've given yourself a head start
The 'a' is no longer used within the phrase: it's just a "head start"
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Is it "I got a head start with my homework"? and what about the "a"?
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As said, I think the head start was once an "ahead start" and this makes sense because some runners in a race are allowed to start ahead of the others. However, I have never heard the phrase "ahead start" so I think it has been shortened to "head start" - I have definitely heard that. It means to gain an advantage in a competition. But it can be used metaphorically: if a number of s
As said, I think the head start was once an "ahead start" and this makes sense because some runners in a race are allowed to start ahead of the others. However, I have never heard the phrase "ahead start" so I think it has been shortened to "head start" - I have definitely heard that. It means to gain an advantage in a competition. But it can be used metaphorically: if a number of s
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