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Tung Quoc Posted 19 years ago
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00Would you say (a) or (b)? If both, please tell me the difference in meaning between them:02br
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  1. 00In the first two days.02li
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  2. 00At the first two days.02li
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00Thanks02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Tung Quoc12cite 10Hi,12br 12br 12br 12br 10Would you say (a) or (b)? If both, please tell me the difference in meaning between them:12br 12br 12br 11ol 12br 11li 10In the first two days. 12li 12br 12br 12br 12br 10Thanks12br 12br 10Quoc12br 12br 10Neither.

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Tung Quoc12cite 10Hi,12br 12br 12br 12br 10Would you say (a) or (b)?
  • If both, please tell me the difference in meaning between them:12br 12br 12br 11ol 12br 11li 10In the first two days.
  • 12li 12br 12br 12br 12br 10Thanks12br 12br 10Quoc12br 12br 10Neither.
  • 12br 12li 12ol 12blockquote 1-
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01cite10Tung Quoc12cite10Hi,12br
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10Would you say (a) or (b)? If both, please tell me the difference in meaning between them:12br
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    12br
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  1. 10In the first two days. 12br
    11li
  2. 10At the first two days.12l
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0"In the first two days" sounds perfectly fine to me.02br
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00Maybe it's an American thing?0-
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0Where did you get that "at" from? 05002br
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00 The other 3 choices here are all acceptable. 02br
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00 At Google, in hits:02br
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00 From the BBC: 02br
00 81 from bbc.co.uk for "during the first two days"02br
00 183 from bbc.co.uk for "in the first two days"02br
00 219 from bbc.co.u
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10Where did you get that "at" from? 15012br
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10The other 3 choices here are all acceptable. 12br
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10At Google, in hits:12br
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11font10From the New York Times: 12br
1065 from nytimes.com for "during th
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite11blockquote
11cite20Marius Hancu22cite20Where did you get that "at" from? 25022br
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20The other 3 choices here are all acceptable. 22br
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20At Google, in hits:22br
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0Hi,02br
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00Thanks, but please tell me the 01b00difference in meaning02b00 between "01b00in02b00 the first two days", "01b00on02b00 the first two days":02br
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00I will meet you 01b00in02b00 the first two days of this month. (a)02
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0Hi,02br
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00Where are u?02br
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00Quoc0-
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0 To me, 01i00in02i00 suggests meeting once during the two-day period; 01i00on02i00 suggests meeting twice -- once on each of the two days.02br
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