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Jack112 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Speed / Speeds
Are both of these correct? What do they mean? I cannot tell the difference between them?
1. While I was riding my bicycle downhill, I reached speeds of 70 kilometers an hour. (This is the one I saw in the newspaper, why not use the singular 'speed' ?)
2. While I was riding my bicycle downhill, I reached a speed of 70 kilometers an hour.
Thanks.
1. While I was riding my bicycle downhill, I reached speeds of 70 kilometers an hour. (This is the one I saw in the newspaper, why not use the singular 'speed' ?)
2. While I was riding my bicycle downhill, I reached a speed of 70 kilometers an hour.
Thanks.
Top answer
Both correct. IMO: 1. means that probably your reached 70 kilometers an hour several/multiple times .
- Both correct.
- IMO: 1.
- means that probably your reached 70 kilometers an hour several/multiple times .
- 2.
- means that your probably reached those kind of speeds only once .
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Both correct.
IMO:
1. means that probably your reached 70 kilometers an hour several/multiple times.
2. means that your probably reached those kind of speeds only once.
but in many situations they are equivalent.
IMO:
1. means that probably your reached 70 kilometers an hour several/multiple times.
2. means that your probably reached those kind of speeds only once.
but in many situations they are equivalent.
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