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Vincent Ding Posted 21 years ago
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Over time

0 I often see "over the past days/years" which means "DURING the past days/years" 02br
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0They both seem to mean the same to me, Vincent: 02br 02br 02br 00Over the next few months, I expect to learn a lot about skiiing. 02br 00Over time, I expect to learn a lot about skiing. 02br 02br 00Over the past few months, I have learnt a lot about skiing.

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  • 0They both seem to mean the same to me, Vincent: 02br 02br 02br 00Over the next few months, I expect to learn a lot about skiiing.
  • 02br 00Over time, I expect to learn a lot about skiing.
  • 02br 02br 00Over the past few months, I have learnt a lot about skiing.
  • 02br 00Over time, I learnt a lot about skiiing.
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0They both seem to mean the same to me, Vincent: 02br
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00Over the next few months, I expect to learn a lot about skiiing. 02br
00Over time, I expect to learn a lot about skiing. 02br
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00Over the past few months, I have learnt a lot about skiing. 02br
00Over time, I learnt a lot about skiiing. 0-
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0 They are approximate synonyms. However, you can't use "over" instead of "during" when the following noun denotes an event. 02br
00For example, you can say "It happened during the war / the party / the reading of the will / ... ", 02br
00but not "It happened over the war / party / the reading of the will / ...". 02br
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0 Yet "over time" shouldn't be confused with "overtime", e.g. 02br
00"to work overtime" means "to put in extra-work" 050010id15
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