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Nakool Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Ran vs clocked
Vishakha ____ two minutes and thirty seconds to take the first place in the women's 800m race.
a) ran
b) used
c) timed
d) clocked
Ans:- (d)
I don't understand the difference between 'ran' and 'clocked'.
I thought the answer would be (d)
Could anyone please tell me? Thanks!
a) ran
b) used
c) timed
d) clocked
Ans:- (d)
I don't understand the difference between 'ran' and 'clocked'.
I thought the answer would be (d)
Could anyone please tell me? Thanks!
Top answer
Both are idiomatic. In a context like that, there is no difference.
- Both are idiomatic.
- In a context like that, there is no difference.
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Both are possible.Both are idiomatic.
In a context like that, there is no difference.
In a context like that, there is no difference.
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Vishakha ____ two minutes and thirty seconds to take the first place in the women's 800m race.
800m race - I notice many writers do not use a hyphen before 'metre'. Strictly speaking, should it be 800-m race? Thanks.
800m race - I notice many writers do not use a hyphen before 'metre'. Strictly speaking, should it be 800-m race? Thanks.
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I don't know what the style guides or metric system standards recommend, but I don't remember ever seeing '800-m'. It looks unnecessarily fussy to me.
Clive
Clive
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