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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

pastime

Can I say,



  1. She uses her pastime for gardening every week.



  2. Her pastime hobby is gardening.



  3. She is using her pastime to do gardening.



  4. She is using her pastime gardening.



  5. Her pastime hobby is gardening.



  6. During her pastime, her hobby is gardening.



  7. He fills her pastime with gardening.
  

Top answer

Hi, I think you are confusing 'pastime' with 'leisure time'. A pastime is something you do in your leisure (ie personal) time, eg reading, gardening, playing cards, watching TV are all pastimes. You might now want to revise your sentences.

— Clive

  • Hi, I think you are confusing 'pastime' with 'leisure time'.
  • A pastime is something you do in your leisure (ie personal) time, eg reading, gardening, playing cards, watching TV are all pastimes.
  • You might now want to revise your sentences.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

I think you are confusing 'pastime' with 'leisure time'. A pastime is something you do in your leisure (ie personal) time, eg reading, gardening, playing cards, watching TV are all pastimes. You might now want to revise your sentences.

Best wishes, Clive
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By the way, I think my sentences are correct, maybe. I use it in noun. That's what I think. how do I revise them?
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Vincent, your sentences are not correct, as you are not using the word pastime correctly.

Pastime is a synonym for hobby/leisure interest. Even though it contains 'time' its meaning isn't directly related to time. (well, I would imagine it comes from how you 'pass' your 'time'?, but you see what I mean).

My favourite hobby/pastime is reading. - correct use.

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That means only this sentence is correct?

(a) My favourite hobby/pastime is reading.

No more other sentences to revise my sentences?
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Can I say,



  1. She is using her pastime to do her gardening.



  2. Sue’s pastime is cooking.



  3. In her pastime, he is gardening now.



  4. During her pastime, he loves gardening.



  5. She uses her pastime for gardening.


    6. Only '2" is correct?
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My favourite hobby/pastime is reading. - yes, that is correct.

Your other sentences need completely re-writing, not just correction, to remove this error. So, we'll let you do that yourself and then we'll help with your amended ones.
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