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LanguageLover Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
periods of time
Is there\any difference between "a long period of time" and "long periods of time"? Thanks in advance,
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Hello, LLover! I only see this difference: in the singular, the "long period of time" occurs only once, whereas in "long periods of time", well there are many/several of them... "My cat's been hiding under the fridge for a long period of time, and I don't know how to retrieve it" > the cat's still there.
- Hello, LLover!
- I only see this difference: in the singular, the "long period of time" occurs only once, whereas in "long periods of time", well there are many/several of them...
- "My cat's been hiding under the fridge for a long period of time, and I don't know how to retrieve it" > the cat's still there.
- "Recently my cat's been hiding under the fridge for long periods of time, I wonder if something's wrong with it" > its hiding under the fridge for long periods of time has occurred many times recently, but the cat may not be there right now.
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Hello, LLover!
I only see this difference: in the singular, the "long period of time" occurs only once, whereas in "long periods of time", well there are many/several of them...
"My cat's been hiding under the fridge for a long period of time, and I don't know how to retrieve it" > the cat's still there.
"Recently my cat's been hiding under the fridge for long periods
I only see this difference: in the singular, the "long period of time" occurs only once, whereas in "long periods of time", well there are many/several of them...
"My cat's been hiding under the fridge for a long period of time, and I don't know how to retrieve it" > the cat's still there.
"Recently my cat's been hiding under the fridge for long periods
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