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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
How to arrange time markers?
Hi. I think we can start a story by pinning the time table using such a phrase like "Friday morning."
On Friday morning, he received a call from a friend suggesting a plan to go hiking a well-known nearby mountain.
Then, to reference what happended during a following week, Is any of the underlined phrase correct?
On the next week/during the next week/on the following week/during the following week, he received a call from another friend suggesting the same thing.
To reference further into the week after that, how could we write it? Is any of the underlined phrases correct?
During the week after that/on the week after that/on the following week/during the following week, he made up his mind to go along with the suggestions he received so far (thus far?).
I hope I have written my questions correctly to reflect what I wanted to ask - not sure, though. Please help.
On Friday morning, he received a call from a friend suggesting a plan to go hiking a well-known nearby mountain.
Then, to reference what happended during a following week, Is any of the underlined phrase correct?
On the next week/during the next week/on the following week/during the following week, he received a call from another friend suggesting the same thing.
To reference further into the week after that, how could we write it? Is any of the underlined phrases correct?
During the week after that/on the week after that/on the following week/during the following week, he made up his mind to go along with the suggestions he received so far (thus far?).
I hope I have written my questions correctly to reflect what I wanted to ask - not sure, though. Please help.
Top answer
On Friday morning, he received a call from a friend suggesting a plan to go hiking on a well-known nearby mountain. You can then say: The following week , he received a call from another friend suggesting the same thing. The week after that , he made up his mind to go along with the suggestions he had received so far / thus far.
- On Friday morning, he received a call from a friend suggesting a plan to go hiking on a well-known nearby mountain.
- You can then say: The following week , he received a call from another friend suggesting the same thing.
- The week after that , he made up his mind to go along with the suggestions he had received so far / thus far.
- "so far" and "thus far" are both possible, with "thus far" feeling more formal.
- This phrasing makes it sound a bit like he was soliciting suggestions and expecting a whole list of them.
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On Friday morning, he received a call from a friend suggesting a plan to go hiking on a well-known nearby mountain.
You can then say:
The following week, he received a call from another friend suggesting the same thing.
The week after that, he made up his mind to go along with the suggestions he had received so
You can then say:
The following week, he received a call from another friend suggesting the same thing.
The week after that, he made up his mind to go along with the suggestions he had received so
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Hi. Thank you. Would you kindly tell me what would be the difference between all these versions?
You wrote:
On Friday morning, he received a call from a friend suggesting a plan to go hiking on a well-known nearby mountain.
You can then say:
The following week, he received a call from another friend suggesting the same thing.
You wrote:
On Friday morning, he received a call from a friend suggesting a plan to go hiking on a well-known nearby mountain.
You can then say:
The following week, he received a call from another friend suggesting the same thing.
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The versions without "in", "on" or "during" are all OK and mean the same thing here.
The versions with "in" and "during" are possible, but they seem less likely to me in these particular sentences. This is context-dependent: in other cases, "in" or "during" may be fine. For example, "During the following week, I began to realise that...", "In the following week, losses increased t
The versions with "in" and "during" are possible, but they seem less likely to me in these particular sentences. This is context-dependent: in other cases, "in" or "during" may be fine. For example, "During the following week, I began to realise that...", "In the following week, losses increased t
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