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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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One day evening

0 Can I say,02br
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0Can I say,02br 00(a) One Sunday evening, he went to sea to catch fish. - OK02br 02br 02br 00(b) One 01del 00day02del 00 evening, he went to sea to catch fish. 02br 02br 02br 00But 01b 00not 02b 00- 01i 00one day evening 02i 02br 02br 0-

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  • 0Can I say,02br 00(a) One Sunday evening, he went to sea to catch fish.
  • - OK02br 02br 02br 00(b) One 01del 00day02del 00 evening, he went to sea to catch fish.
  • 02br 02br 02br 00But 01b 00not 02b 00- 01i 00one day evening 02i 02br 02br 0-
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0Can I say,02br
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00One day, he went to sea to catch fish.02br
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01i00On a Sunday evening02i02br
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0should insist upon her riding, and very soon start a little earlier, and call 02br
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00Of a Sunday evening - doesn't this mean that it happened regularly on Sunday evenings.02br
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0>Of a Sunday evening - doesn't this mean that it happened 01b00regularly02b00 on Sunday evenings.02br
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