Usage of "era"
I have made up the sentences below.
(1) Jack who holds many world records is the best swimmer of all time. In his era, swimmers have been attempting to break them, but all have so far failed.
(2) In my era, our parents gave us very little pocket money because they wanted us to work for it.
Am I using the word, era, correctly? Please help me. Thank you.
Top answer
'era' is possible in those expressions, but it's not its most typical use. Usually an era is marked by a particular characteristic or famous person of a certain period of years. the horse and buggy era, the Reagan-Bush era, the colonial era (of a particular nation), the Victorian era .
- 'era' is possible in those expressions, but it's not its most typical use.
- Usually an era is marked by a particular characteristic or famous person of a certain period of years.
- the horse and buggy era, the Reagan-Bush era, the colonial era (of a particular nation), the Victorian era .
- It's also used for geological time: the Jurassic era .
- CJ By the way, you need commas around your non-restrictive relative clause: Jack , who holds many world records , is the best swimmer of all time.
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'era' is possible in those expressions, but it's not its most typical use.
Usually an era is marked by a particular characteristic or famous person of a certain period of years. the horse and buggy era, the Reagan-Bush era, the colonial era (of a particular nation), the Victorian era.
It's also used for geological time: the Jurassic era.
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