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Jack112 Posted 20 years ago
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Month / Month's time
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00 1. As time went by, I put about 7k on my car within a couple month’s 01 b 00 time 02 b 00 . 02 br
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00 2. As time went by, I put about 7k on my car within a couple months. (Same meaning as the first one except no 'time' ?) 02 br
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00 3. As time went by, I 01 b 00 have 02 b 00 put about 7k on my car within a couple months. (Is this sentence correct? Or 'as time went by' only works worth past tense?) 02 br
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00 1. As time went by, I put about 7k on my car within a couple month’s 01 b 00 time 02 b 00 . 02 br
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00 2. As time went by, I put about 7k on my car within a couple months. (Same meaning as the first one except no 'time' ?) 02 br
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00 3. As time went by, I 01 b 00 have 02 b 00 put about 7k on my car within a couple months. (Is this sentence correct? Or 'as time went by' only works worth past tense?) 02 br
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0 I think you want "a couple month 01 b 00 s' 02 b 00 time" in 1. 02 br 02 br 00 "As time went by" seems to be rather firmly set in the past, so I wouldn't use the present perfect. 0-
- 0 I think you want "a couple month 01 b 00 s' 02 b 00 time" in 1.
- 02 br 02 br 00 "As time went by" seems to be rather firmly set in the past, so I wouldn't use the present perfect.
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0 I think you want "a couple month 01 b 00 s' 02 b 00 time" in 1. To me the meanings of sentence 1 & sentence 2 are the same. 02 br
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00 "As time went by" seems to be rather firmly set in the past, so I wouldn't use the present perfect. But that's only my feelings, so wait for others'opinions... 0-
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00 "As time went by" seems to be rather firmly set in the past, so I wouldn't use the present perfect. But that's only my feelings, so wait for others'opinions... 0-
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01 cite 10 Pieanne 12 cite 10 I think you want "a couple month 11 b 10 s' 12 b 10 time" in 1. To me the meanings of sentence 1 & sentence 2 are the same. 11 font 10 I'm not trying to establish any rules here, but I think I hear "months' time" more from the many British people I know living in my area.
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1 font 00 "Colonists" usually leave the word 'month' out of the phrase. 02 font 02 br
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00 Hello Philip, I think you meant to say leave the word 'time' out of the phrase ("a couple months' time"), didn't you? 0-
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00 Hello Philip, I think you meant to say leave the word 'time' out of the phrase ("a couple months' time"), didn't you? 0-
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0 Of the 3 examples, I think # 2 [As time went by, I put about 7k on my car within a couple months] is the most commonly spoken. . 0-
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