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Gene93 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Work on/at something
Hello,
How would you differentiate between: "He'll have to work on/at getting fit before the game" and "I need to work on/at my piano playing"? I may be wrong but "work at" strikes me as a little stronger (involving more effort/focus/etc).
Thank you.
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Gene93 How would you differentiate ... "work at" strikes me as a little stronger (involving more effort/focus/etc). That's possible, but the difference is slight.
- Gene93 How would you differentiate ...
- "work at" strikes me as a little stronger (involving more effort/focus/etc).
- That's possible, but the difference is slight.
- 'work at' seems like something we do when we have very little ability in the first place.
- 'work on' seems like something we are good at but that needs improvement.
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Gene93How would you differentiate ... "work at" strikes me as a little stronger (involving more effort/focus/etc).
That's possible, but the difference is slight.
'work at' seems like something we do when we have very little ability in the first place. 'work on' seems like something we are good at but that needs improvement. Again, the difference se
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