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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
While vs for the time
Which would one say:
you can watch TV while I eat/You can watch TV for the time it takes me to eat.
Thank you
you can watch TV while I eat/You can watch TV for the time it takes me to eat.
Thank you
Top answer
The second does not necessarily imply that you are eating while he is watching. Suppose that the times it takes you to eat is thirty minutes, then the second sentence is the same as saying that he can watch TV for thirty minutes. Both sentences probably convey your intent, but I would use the first.
- The second does not necessarily imply that you are eating while he is watching.
- Suppose that the times it takes you to eat is thirty minutes, then the second sentence is the same as saying that he can watch TV for thirty minutes.
- Both sentences probably convey your intent, but I would use the first.
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The second does not necessarily imply that you are eating while he is watching. Suppose that the times it takes you to eat is thirty minutes, then the second sentence is the same as saying that he can watch TV for thirty minutes.
Both sentences probably convey your intent, but I would use the first.
Both sentences probably convey your intent, but I would use the first.
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