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Lucas21c Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

'In Turn' vs 'In Turns'

Could you tell me whether both of them are right in the following sentence? If there might be some difference depending on a case, could you give some example sentence where there is the difference between 'in turn' and 'in turns'? Thank you in advance.


Let's drive [ in turn / in turns ]

  

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lucas21c Let's drive [ in turn / in turns ] The most idiomatic expression I know for this is Let's take turns driving . Let's take the driving in turns is also possible. Your suggestion of Let's drive in turns doesn't seem quite right to my ear, though the grammar is OK.

  • lucas21c Let's drive [ in turn / in turns ] The most idiomatic expression I know for this is Let's take turns driving .
  • Let's take the driving in turns is also possible.
  • Your suggestion of Let's drive in turns doesn't seem quite right to my ear, though the grammar is OK.
  • You don't want in turn in these examples.
  • CJ
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lucas21cLet's drive [ in turn / in turns ]

The most idiomatic expression I know for this is Let's take turns driving.

Let's take the driving in turns is also possible. Your suggestion of Let's drive in turns doesn't seem quite right to my ear, though the grammar is OK.

You don't want in turn in these examples.

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