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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Swim .. long...

0I can swim a long distance.02br
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00I can swim for a long time.02br
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00I think both are grammatically correct but is #2 really correct to say about the same meaning as #1?02br
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02br 00I think that if one swimmer swims very slowly in circles and another swims very fast in a straight line (both during the same time period), we might say that both swam for a long time, but only the second swam a long distance. 05002br 00CJ 010id1

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  • 02br 00I think that if one swimmer swims very slowly in circles and another swims very fast in a straight line (both during the same time period), we might say that both swam for a long time, but only the second swam a long distance.
  • 05002br 00CJ 010id1
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0Both are grammatically correct.02br
00The meanings aren't quite the same.02br
00I think that if one swimmer swims very slowly in circles and another swims very fast in a straight line (both during the same time period), we might say that both swam for a long time, but only the second swam a long distance. 05002br
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0Got it! 02br
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00Thanks, CJ.0-
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0Also a slow swimmer might swim for a long time but not very far.0-
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10Also a slow swimmer might swim for a long time but not very far.12br
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10That's a good point! Thanks, Nona.0-
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