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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

omission of FOR

01. I once studied the guitar three years.02br
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002. That house has been empty six months.02br
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003. We go away three weeks every summer.02br
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004. My boss will be in Italy the next ten days.02br
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005. I'm going to Canada the summer.02br
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00Which of the above sentences is NOT acceptable?0-
  

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0 in this case, with out a preposition between, we have direct object and indirect object. i dont think any of them is acceptable. 0-
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1i01b00For02b00 02i00refers to a stretch of time. the preposition is often absent in phrases of duration with a verb used with stative meaning. 01i00We stayed there (for) three months. The snowy weather lasted (for) the whole time we were there. 02i00Quirk 9.42 00 0-
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01cite10Teo12cite101. I once studied the guitar three years.12br
102. That house has been empty six months.12br
103. We go away three weeks every summer.12br
104. My boss will be in Italy the next ten days.12br
105. I'm going to Canada the summer.12br
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For a lot of time we just lay on the beach.

Is the preposition for optional or obligatory in the above sentence?
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You want one of the following:

A lot of times, we just lie on the beach. (current habit)
A lot of times, we just lay on the beach. (past habit)

A lot of times, we just lie on the beach for a long time. (current habit)
A lot of times, we just lay on the beach for a long time. (past habit)

We just lie on the beach for a lon
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1. I taught her for three hours.

2. I taught her three hours.

Sentence #1 is correct. Is sentence #2 also acceptable?
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I would say that sentence #2 is not acceptable ("teach" does not have stative meaning), but it may be a matter of style rather than grammar. Let's see what others have to say about it.

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