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Contiluo Posted 15 years ago
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Please check out the following sentences.

(1) By the end of last month, he had used up all his bank deposit.

(2) By the end of last month, he had run out of all his money on deposit.
  

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Hi, Please check out the following sentences. (1) By the end of last month, he had used up all his bank deposit. (2) By the end of last month, he had run out of all his money on deposit.

  • Hi, Please check out the following sentences.
  • (1) By the end of last month, he had used up all his bank deposit.
  • (2) By the end of last month, he had run out of all his money on deposit.
  • I wouldn't say the above are wrong, but they are not idiomatic.
  • Say eg By the end of last month, he had used up all the money in his bank account / all the money he had in the bank.
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Hi,

Please check out the following sentences.

(1) By the end of last month, he had used up all his bank deposit.

(2) By the end of last month, he had run out of all his money on deposit.

I wouldn't say the above are wrong, but they are not idiomatic. Say

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