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could someone correct the following sentence ?"Deepak submitted the maths homework later"or"Deepak submitted the maths homework late"Thanks in advance.Anshita

Fivejedjon · Accepted Answer

They are both fine - if you close them with a full stop (period). They have different meanings.

Asmit0007 · Answer

Thanks for your responces .
But selection is must. This question is from 6th standard, I have asked

Khoff · Answer

Please don't double post!

asmit0007But selection is must.

I don't know what this means. If you mean that you are required to select only one of the original sentences as correct, it is a badly constructed assignment, because both can be correct in the appropriate context. If that's what you mean, you could say "But I must choose/select one answer."

Without any context, thought, I would say that they probably want you to choose "Deepak submitted the maths homework late" as the "correct" one. It means that he submitted the homework after the deadline had passed.

The other sentence, "Deepak submitted the maths homework later," require some context to answer "later than what?" or "later than whom?" The context might be "Bob submitted the maths homework at 9 a.m., but Deepak submitted his homework later." Or "Deepak submitted his history homework at noon, but he submitted his maths homework later."

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