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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference?

0Hi,02br
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00I have one sentence with two different adverbial phrases (?). P/S tell me how they are different.02br
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01i00They will have opportunities to try out in their home 01u00the very next week.02u02i02br
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01i00They will have opportunities to try out in their home01u00 the next week.02u02i02br
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01u00It looks to me there is no difference. 02u0-
  

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). 12u 12i 12br 12br 11u 10It looks to me there is no difference. 12u 12br 12br 12blockquote 12br 00 Well, neither sentence reads well as written.

— Lazarus

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  • 12u 12i 12br 12br 11u 10It looks to me there is no difference.
  • 12u 12br 12br 12blockquote 12br 00 Well, neither sentence reads well as written.
  • What are they trying out?
  • 02br 00 The difference between 01i 00the very next week02i 00 and 01i 00the next week02i 00 is one of emphasis.
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Hi,12br
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10I have one sentence with two different adverbial phrases (?). P/S tell me how they are different.12br
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11i10They will have opportunities to try out in their home 11u10the very next week.12u12i12br
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0Thank you, L, can both sentences function as they are 01u00without02u00 pronouns or nouns, like this? Are they grammatically correct sentences as they are?02br
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01i00They will have opportunities 01font00to try out02font00 in their home the very next week.02i02br
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01i
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Thank you, L, can both sentences function as they are 11u10without12u10 pronouns or nouns, like this? Are they grammatically correct sentences as they are?12br
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11i10They will have opportunities 11font10to try out12font
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0Thank you, but could the sentences be correct grammatically as they are01u00 w/o any pronouns or nouns02u00?02br
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00 The original sentence is this:02br
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00They will have opportunities 01i00to try out02i00 in their home (the very) next week. 0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Thank you, but could the sentences be correct grammatically as they are11u10 w/o any pronouns or nouns12u10?12br
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10 The original sentence is this:12br
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10They will have opportunities 11i10to try out12i10 in their home
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02br
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10Thank you, but could the sentences be correct grammatically as they are11u10 w/o any pronouns or nouns12u10?12br
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10 The original sentence is this:12br
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10They will have opportunities 11i10to try out12i10 in their home (the very) next week.
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0Thank you. Can the sentence be OK as it is if a prior context was set like this:02br
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00A: Oh, I heard that you are going to a varsity team tryout next week.02br
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00B: Yeh, I am excited to be trying out for the school varsity team and it sure is great to have an opportunity to try out for the team next week. Just trying out for the team is a hono
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01cite10CalifJim12cite11blockquote
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20Thank you, but could the sentences be correct grammatically as they are21u20 w/o any pronouns or nouns22u20?22br
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20 The original sentence is this:22br
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20They will have opportunities 21
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Thank you. Can the sentence be OK as it is if a prior context was set like this:12br
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10A: Oh, I heard that you are going to a varsity team tryout next week.12br
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10B: Yeh, I am excited to be trying out for the school varsity team and it sure is great to have an op
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00if a prior context was set like this12blockquote
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00 Oh! You meant "try out"! I thought you meant "try out"!02br
00 That's OK then.02br
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00 CJ02br
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00 (Where the first means to try out for a team and the second means to try out a p
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