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Negative Creep Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
In an or the age?
What's the difference between "in an age" and "in the age" like "in an/the age of modern technologies"? can't really get it. thanks guys!!
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Here are some examples: *An* age: "The Cathedral will be finished in an age" This is similar to "Dinner will be ready in an hour" "The comet comes around once in an age" This is similar to "The milkman comes around once a week" The age: "This fish lived in the age of the dinosaurs" This is similar to "My party was on Saturday last week" "This fashion was popular in the age of discovery" This is similar to "This fashion was popular in the 1970's" 'in an age' means that 'age' is any* long time. For example, if something takes an age to happen, that means it takes a long time. It does not mean it happens in any *particular age.
- Here are some examples: *An* age: "The Cathedral will be finished in an age" This is similar to "Dinner will be ready in an hour" "The comet comes around once in an age" This is similar to "The milkman comes around once a week" The age: "This fish lived in the age of the dinosaurs" This is similar to "My party was on Saturday last week" "This fashion was popular in the age of discovery" This is similar to "This fashion was popular in the 1970's" 'in an age' means that 'age' is any* long time.
- For example, if something takes an age to happen, that means it takes a long time.
- It does not mean it happens in any *particular age.
- 'in the age' means that 'age is a particular long time.
- For example, if something happened in the stone age, it means it happened within that period of time.
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Here are some examples:
*An* age:
"The Cathedral will be finished in an age"
This is similar to "Dinner will be ready in an hour"
"The comet comes around once in an age"
This is similar to "The milkman comes around once a week"
The age:
"This fish lived in the age of the dinosaurs"
This is similar to "My party was on Saturday last we
*An* age:
"The Cathedral will be finished in an age"
This is similar to "Dinner will be ready in an hour"
"The comet comes around once in an age"
This is similar to "The milkman comes around once a week"
The age:
"This fish lived in the age of the dinosaurs"
This is similar to "My party was on Saturday last we
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Even native speakers sometimes tie themselves in knots over such questions. Please provide a sentence you want to use it in, so we have something to get our teeth into.
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