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Tenacious Learner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
One occasion more (paraphrase for 'again')
Hi teachers,
Besides, 'another time; one more time; once more', would 'one occasion more' be an appropriate paraphrase for 'again'?
It means ring it another time now.
Ring the bell again.
Thanks in advance.
Besides, 'another time; one more time; once more', would 'one occasion more' be an appropriate paraphrase for 'again'?
It means ring it another time now.
Ring the bell again.
Thanks in advance.
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g. on another day). "Ring the bell one more time" tends to sound as if this is the last attempt, so it is not completely identical in usage to "Ring the bell again".
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- on another day).
- "Ring the bell one more time" tends to sound as if this is the last attempt, so it is not completely identical in usage to "Ring the bell again".
- "Ring the bell once more" is OK but less conversational than "Ring the bell again".
- "Ring the bell one occasion more" is not correct.
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"Ring the bell another time" is not an ideal way of saying "Ring the bell again" because "another time" often means "on another occasion" (e.g. on another day).
"Ring the bell one more time" tends to sound as if this is the last attempt, so it is not completely identical in usage to "Ring the bell again".
"Ring the bell once more" is OK but less conversational than "Ring the bell
"Ring the bell one more time" tends to sound as if this is the last attempt, so it is not completely identical in usage to "Ring the bell again".
"Ring the bell once more" is OK but less conversational than "Ring the bell
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Hi GPY,
Thanks for your comments. They are very helpful.
Though, I'm not trying to substitute 'again' for any of those paraphrases. I'm just trying to explain it to the students.
It seems that the only one is 'once more', isn't it?
Like in the example, 'Kiss her again'.
I've also seen 'on another occasion'
Thanks for your comments. They are very helpful.
Though, I'm not trying to substitute 'again' for any of those paraphrases. I'm just trying to explain it to the students.
It seems that the only one is 'once more', isn't it?
Like in the example, 'Kiss her again'.
I've also seen 'on another occasion'
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I think it depends, then, how much you care about a possiblity of direct substitution into your sentence. "another time", for instance, gives the correct general idea of what "again" means, and is what students might find anyway if they look up the word in the dictionary. However, it is not a great direct fit in your specific sentence. "on another occasion" does not fit either, since it also impli
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