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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
To term
How would you phrase this naturally?
Your wife is to term and still doesn't have any contractions. We will wait four days past due date/term before inducing if ever no contractions come.
Thank you
Your wife is to term and still doesn't have any contractions. We will wait four days past due date/term before inducing if ever no contractions come.
Thank you
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Your wife is to term and still hasn't had any contractions. We will wait four more days before inducing labor if the contractions still haven't started.
- Your wife is to term and still hasn't had any contractions.
- We will wait four more days before inducing labor if the contractions still haven't started.
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Your wife is to term and still hasn't had any contractions. We will wait four more days before inducing labor if the contractions still haven't started.
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I can't say I've ever heard "to term" used this way.
The pregnancy has reached full term
We've reached the 40-week point.
(Induced labor is really, really painful. If her blood pressure hasn't risen, I'd avoid it if I could.)
The pregnancy has reached full term
We've reached the 40-week point.
(Induced labor is really, really painful. If her blood pressure hasn't risen, I'd avoid it if I could.)
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Englishmaven, you would say it is correct to say "my wife is to term"?
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BarbaraPAI can't say I've ever heard "to term" used this way.Neither have I.
There are 349 citations for 'to term' in COCA; in none of them does 'to term' follow part of BE.
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