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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Turn off the light

1. Turn the light off.
2. Turn off the light.

I have read once that both forms are correct, but It seems to me now that the second one has been shown more often than the first.
What is the usage of each in percentage-wise and are there any slight differences?

Thank you.
  

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onizo What is the usage of each in percentage-wise We rarely get this sort of question. What do you think is to be gained by knowing percentages of this kind? Is there any practical value to it in terms of improving your English?

— CalifJim

  • onizo What is the usage of each in percentage-wise We rarely get this sort of question.
  • What do you think is to be gained by knowing percentages of this kind?
  • Is there any practical value to it in terms of improving your English?
  • You could access a corpus like COCA and work out the answer yourself, I suppose, if it's that important to you.
  • CJ
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onizoWhat is the usage of each in percentage-wise
We rarely get this sort of question. What do you think is to be gained by knowing percentages of this kind? Is there any practical value to it in terms of improving your English?

You could access a corpus like COCA and work out the answer yourself, I suppose, if it's that important to you.

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Ouchy! Emotion: smirking

I wasn't interested in numbers itself. The numbers would have been helpful for me to understand the situation
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onizoThe numbers would have been helpful for me to understand the situation regarding these sorts of expressions.
So I suppose you are more interested in English as a linguist then — rather than speaking and writing it. Many students are, so that's not so unusual. But the fact is that I
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onizoI don't much appreciate your tone of voice.
Well, it's the truth. The only people who ask questions like that are those that are interested in the linguistics aspect of English rather than the practical exercises and advice for reading and writing, speaking and listening.

CJ
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CalifJim onizoI don't much appreciate your tone of voice.Well, it's the truth. The only people who ask questions like that are those that are interested in the linguistics aspect of English rather than the practical exercises and advice for reading and writing, speaking and listening.CJ
I don't know what you are talking about.
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