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Cat navy 425 Posted 5 years ago
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She spends only half an hour every day on social media.

Dear all,

Please see the following sentences and tell me which of them are natural and commonly used by native speakers.

1) She spends only half an hour a day for using social media.

2) She spends only half an hour every day on social media.

3) She spends only half an hour each day on social media.

4) Every day she spends only half an hour on social media.

5) She spends only half an hour on social media every day.

6) She spends only half an hour on social media each day.

  

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cat navy 425 1) She spends only half an hour a day for using social media. Not natural. cat navy 425 2) She spends only half an hour every day on social media.

— GPY

  • cat navy 425 1) She spends only half an hour a day for using social media.
  • Not natural.
  • cat navy 425 2) She spends only half an hour every day on social media.
  • 3) She spends only half an hour each day on social media.
  • Both possible.
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cat navy 4251) She spends only half an hour a day for using social media.

Not natural.

cat navy 4252) She spends only half an hour every day on social media.
3) She spends only half an hour each day on social media.

Both possible. However, more often we would say:

2a) She spends only half an hour a

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I'm one of those speakers (like most Americans) who lets 'only' "float left".

I'd say

She only spends half an hour a day on social media.

Note that the most natural and commonly used word pattern for expressing a rate is with 'a' or 'an'. You don't need 'each' or 'every'. Think of 'a' or 'an' first when you need to express this kind of idea.

They handled abo

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