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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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speed limits

0There are different speed limits along the way from my office to my house. If I break all the limits,02br
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00Would you use the plural or singular limit,02br
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00 "I broke the speed limit[ s] every mile of the way home" 02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00There are different speed limits along the way from my office to my house. 02br 02br 01b 00'Limit'02b 00 shows that you are thinking more of the simple fact that you were speeding. 02br 02br 00'Every mile of the way home' is not idiomatic.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00There are different speed limits along the way from my office to my house.
  • 02br 02br 01b 00'Limit'02b 00 shows that you are thinking more of the simple fact that you were speeding.
  • 02br 02br 00'Every mile of the way home' is not idiomatic.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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0Thanks, Clive. I guess novels are not a good source to learn English. I remember a novelist used every mile of the way though I can't remember the exact sentence. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00I didn't say it was wrong, just less common. Often, novelists try to say things in less common ways.02br
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