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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

stand in a queue

0Why must use "the" instead of "a"?02br
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00(a) He stands in a queue for about / for / around a half hour.02br
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00(i) Do we say, "a half / a half hour"?02br
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00(ii) Do we use, " for about / about / around..." followed by the time? 0-
  

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0 01blockquote 02br 12br 10Hi Vincent,12br 12blockquote 11font 00Why must use "the" instead of "a"? 02font 00You can say either 'the' or 'a', depending on whether or not you are referring to a specific queue. In N.

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  • 0 01blockquote 02br 12br 10Hi Vincent,12br 12blockquote 11font 00Why must use "the" instead of "a"?
  • 02font 00You can say either 'the' or 'a', depending on whether or not you are referring to a specific queue.
  • In N.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00(a) He stands in a queue for about / for / around a half hour.
  • " followed by the time?
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10Hi Vincent,12br
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11font00Why must use "the" instead of "a"? 02font00You can say either 'the' or 'a', depending on whether or not you are referring to a specific queue. In N. America, we say 'a line' rather than 'a queue'.02br
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite10Why must use "the" instead of "a"?12br
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10(a) He stands in a queue for about / for / around a half hour. 11b11font10In U.S. we stand "in line" [for/in/about] half an hour. We stood "in a line" that went clear around the corner.12font12b
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0Are they same? 02br
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00(i) 'a half hour' or 'half an hour'. 02br
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite10Are they same? 12br
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10(i) 'a half hour' or 'half an hour'. 12br
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10(ii) One / An hour and a half 12br
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10 01b01font00a half hour, half an hour, one hour and a half, one and a half hours
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0I thought "a half hour" = 30 minutes. 02br
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0 A half hour/half an hour = 30 minutes - English is flexible, so there is often more than one way to say things.02br
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00Every 30 minutes the bell rings02br
00Every half-hour the bell rings02br
00Every half an hour the bell rings0-
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite12br
10I thought "a half hour" = 30 minutes. 12br
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10How do we say another way? 12br
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10 01b01font00Sorry for my lack of clarity. I just assumed we all were talking about 2 different time frames: 30 minu
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