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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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We are leaving in a few days' time.
We are leaving for a few days' time.

Are both prepositions correctly used in the above? And if so, is We are leaving in a few days' time expressing the future plan and is We are leaving for a few days' time expressed in the present continuous tense?
  

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Anonymous Are both prepositions correctly used in the above? Strictly, yes, but the sentences are not really natural. We are leaving in a few days.

  • Anonymous Are both prepositions correctly used in the above?
  • Strictly, yes, but the sentences are not really natural.
  • We are leaving in a few days.
  • We are leaving for a few days.
  • Both are future forms; the speakers have not yet left.
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AnonymousAre both prepositions correctly used in the above?
Strictly, yes, but the sentences are not really natural.

We are leaving in a few days.
We are leaving for a few days.

Both are future forms; the speakers have not yet left.

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