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Mashmellow Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
over+time
if "over" is followed by a period of time such as "over 8 years "or "over a month". can it be used in any(past, present, future) tense?
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I've been waiting for him for over an hours. I can order your new car now, but you'll have to wait for over a month before you receive it. She stayed with us for over a month, then moved to a small flat in London.
- I've been waiting for him for over an hours.
- I can order your new car now, but you'll have to wait for over a month before you receive it.
- She stayed with us for over a month, then moved to a small flat in London.
- I'm staying here for over a week, so we'll have the opportunity to meet again.
- So yes, it looks like you can use all these tenses with "over + period of time".
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I've been waiting for him for over an hours.
I can order your new car now, but you'll have to wait for over a month before you receive it.
She stayed with us for over a month, then moved to a small flat in London.
I'm staying here for over a week, so we'll have the opportunity to meet again.
So yes, it looks like you can use all these tenses with "over + period
I can order your new car now, but you'll have to wait for over a month before you receive it.
She stayed with us for over a month, then moved to a small flat in London.
I'm staying here for over a week, so we'll have the opportunity to meet again.
So yes, it looks like you can use all these tenses with "over + period
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"over" also has this very important meaning in time related sentences:
6 a : THROUGHOUT, DURING <many times prime minister of his country
over the past 25 years -- Geoffrey Godsell> <lost the use of their
eyes through living underground over many generations -- S.F.Mason>
<had written it nights and
6 a : THROUGHOUT, DURING <many times prime minister of his country
over the past 25 years -- Geoffrey Godsell> <lost the use of their
eyes through living underground over many generations -- S.F.Mason>
<had written it nights and
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