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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

How to discern properly.

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00Can you kindly give a run down on some common phrases where?? their prepositions are optional?0-
  

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0 In the sentence fragment you cited, 01i 00at that time02i 00 means at that moment. It suggests a particular moment during some process in progress. In contrast 01i 00that time02i 00 means on that occasion, in that instance.

— CalifJim

  • 0 In the sentence fragment you cited, 01i 00at that time02i 00 means at that moment.
  • It suggests a particular moment during some process in progress.
  • In contrast 01i 00that time02i 00 means on that occasion, in that instance.
  • 02i 02br 02br 00 So the two are not exactly the same.
  • 01i 00at that time02i 00 selects a particular clock time or calendar time out of a continuous flow of time.
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0 In the sentence fragment you cited, 01i00at that time02i00 means at that moment. It suggests a particular moment during some process in progress. In contrast 01i00that time02i00 means on that occasion, in that instance. It suggests repeated instances of an action, and can be paraphrased as 01i00on the occasion of one of these repe
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