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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

She is only in United States for a year.

Does the following sentences have different meaning?

1. she is only in United States for a year.

2. she has been only in Snited States for a year.

and I have the same question to these following senteces.

1. she is only in United States for a year.

2. she is in United States only for a year.

Many thanks in advance.
  

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Interesting, because often the ways that native English speakers would use these phrases is actually incorrect. 1. She is only in the United States for a year = technically means that she will not be anywhere but the US for a year, but is actually used to say that she will only spend a year in the United States, no longer 2.

— KateJS

  • Interesting, because often the ways that native English speakers would use these phrases is actually incorrect.
  • 1.
  • She is only in the United States for a year = technically means that she will not be anywhere but the US for a year, but is actually used to say that she will only spend a year in the United States, no longer 2.
  • She has been only in the United States for a year = she has not been anywhere but the United States for a year 3.
  • She is in the United States only for a year = means she will only spend a year in the US, no longer.
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Interesting, because often the ways that native English speakers would use these phrases is actually incorrect.

1. She is only in the United States for a year = technically means that she will not be anywhere but the US for a year, but is actually used to say that she will only spend a year in the United States, no longer

2. She has been only in the United States
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