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Word usage.
Which is correct?
1.) He needs to wash his car for the second time.
2.) He needs to wash his car for a second time.
1.) He needs to wash his car for the second time.
2.) He needs to wash his car for a second time.
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both are fine, but I would tend to say #2 before I would say #1, just because of personal preference. When I think of the phrase "for THE second time", I feel like it should have more to it. It should have the phrase "this month" or "this week" or "today" at the end of it to make it more of a complete thought.
- both are fine, but I would tend to say #2 before I would say #1, just because of personal preference.
- When I think of the phrase "for THE second time", I feel like it should have more to it.
- It should have the phrase "this month" or "this week" or "today" at the end of it to make it more of a complete thought.
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Hmmm...both are fine, but I would tend to say #2 before I would say #1, just because of personal preference.
When I think of the phrase "for THE second time", I feel like it should have more to it. It should have the phrase "this month" or "this week" or "today" at the end of it to make it more of a complete thought. Like, "He needs to wash his car for the second time this week."
When I think of the phrase "for THE second time", I feel like it should have more to it. It should have the phrase "this month" or "this week" or "today" at the end of it to make it more of a complete thought. Like, "He needs to wash his car for the second time this week."
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Hi,
If I were free to modify the sentence...
He needs to wash his car a second time.
Or even briefer...
He needs to wash his car again. (yeah, I know, you loose the second).
MountainHiker
If I were free to modify the sentence...
He needs to wash his car a second time.
Or even briefer...
He needs to wash his car again. (yeah, I know, you loose the second).
MountainHiker
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'a' vs. 'the' with ordinals
When you do something a second, a third, a fourth time, ..., you typically have not planned to do it a second, a third, a fourth time, .... Circumstances just worked out that way.
When you do something the second, the third, the fourth time, ..., you probably planned it that way, OR it is the second, the third, the fourth time,... in a longer ser
When you do something a second, a third, a fourth time, ..., you typically have not planned to do it a second, a third, a fourth time, .... Circumstances just worked out that way.
When you do something the second, the third, the fourth time, ..., you probably planned it that way, OR it is the second, the third, the fourth time,... in a longer ser
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