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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
How long are you staying open for?
How shall I ask this question if I want to know when a shop is due to close? I could ask - when do you close? But if I want to ask in that way, which tense should I use? How long do you/the shop stay open for? -is this a better variant? What other expressions can I use to sound more like an English native speaker?
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Natural questions are eg What time are you open to, please? eg What time do you close, please? Clive
- Natural questions are eg What time are you open to, please?
- eg What time do you close, please?
- Clive
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Natural questions are
eg What time are you open to, please?
eg What time do you close, please?
Clive
eg What time are you open to, please?
eg What time do you close, please?
Clive
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Hi, Clive.
Here, the answer of your first question can be that:
For instance,
until midnight
until eight o'clock
or
10:00 am to 08:00 pm
Why am I asking this?
Because I wonder about what the word "to" in your first sentence means.
Here, the answer of your first question can be that:
For instance,
until midnight
until eight o'clock
or
10:00 am to 08:00 pm
Why am I asking this?
Because I wonder about what the word "to" in your first sentence means.
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Hi,
Here, the answer of your first question can be that:
For instance,
untill midnight yes
untill eight o'clock yes
or
10:00 am to 08:00 pm No. My questions ask about only the closing time, because in your first post you said that w
Here, the answer of your first question can be that:
For instance,
untill midnight yes
untill eight o'clock yes
or
10:00 am to 08:00 pm No. My questions ask about only the closing time, because in your first post you said that w
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Right.
I thought of the preposition, "to" like "until" but I couldn't be sure of that. Thank you, Clive.
I thought of the preposition, "to" like "until" but I couldn't be sure of that. Thank you, Clive.
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Could the answer be a period of time? Like as the original is How long are you staying open for, could the answer be: for 2 more hours? Also why is it only Present Simple that can be used? If the person asked for the special opening times during, let's say, Christmas, would that make any difference?
Thanks
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Could the answer be a period of time? Like as the original is How long are you staying open for, could the answer be: for 2 more hours?Yes.
Also why is it only Present Simple that can be used? If the person asked for the special opening times during, let's say, Christmas, would that make any difference? Yes.
Also why is it only Present Simple that can be used? If the person asked for the special opening times during, let's say, Christmas, would that make any difference? Yes.
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