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Debpriya De Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Use of by
When we say " The situation was getting worse by the day." we mean that the situation was getting worse with each passing day.
Can we form phrases with other time periods as in " by the year ", "by the minute", "by the hour" etc. in the same manner ?
Can we form phrases with other time periods as in " by the year ", "by the minute", "by the hour" etc. in the same manner ?
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" we mean that the situation was getting worse with each passing day. Can we form phrases with other time periods as in " by the year ", "by the minute", "by the hour" etc. in the same manner ?
- " we mean that the situation was getting worse with each passing day.
- Can we form phrases with other time periods as in " by the year ", "by the minute", "by the hour" etc.
- in the same manner ?
- Yes, you can.
- However, the basic idea is that of a continuing process, and 'by the year' sounds to me so slow that I'd hesitate a little to say it.
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Hi,
When we say " The situation was getting worse by the day." we mean that the situation was getting worse with each passing day.
Can we form phrases with other time periods as in " by the year ", "by the minute", "by the hour" etc. in the same manner ?
Yes, you can.
However, the basic idea is that of a continuing process, and 'by the year' sounds to me so sl
When we say " The situation was getting worse by the day." we mean that the situation was getting worse with each passing day.
Can we form phrases with other time periods as in " by the year ", "by the minute", "by the hour" etc. in the same manner ?
Yes, you can.
However, the basic idea is that of a continuing process, and 'by the year' sounds to me so sl
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