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Tenacious Learner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

'Reside temporally' paraphrase for 'stay'

Hi teachers,
Would, 'reside temporally; spend time temporally' be appropriate paraphrases for 'stay' in the following sentence?
He will have to stay a few days in the hospital.

Thanks in advance.
  

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I think you can say that "stay" is almost invariable with hospitals. It's even a hospital stay when you have to stay in the hospital. Your alternatives do not work.

— Enoon

  • I think you can say that "stay" is almost invariable with hospitals.
  • It's even a hospital stay when you have to stay in the hospital.
  • Your alternatives do not work.
  • He might remain in the hospital if you only mean that he had to go there and is not coming back home right after.
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I think you can say that "stay" is almost invariable with hospitals. It's even a hospital stay when you have to stay in the hospital. Your alternatives do not work. He might remain in the hospital if you only mean that he had to go there and is not coming back home right after.
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Hi enoon,
Thanks for your reply. OK those ones don't work.
The context is that the man had a car accident and he will have to stay a few days in hospital.
Wouldn't it be correct to use 'spend some time' to explain 'stay' in that context?
I have no intention of substituting the paraphrase
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Yes. I'd probably explain it that way, myself.
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